Definitions of GASP [æsp, gɑsp]

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Definition of 'GASP'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) gasp
a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.

2.  gasp
a convulsive effort to breathe.

3.  gasp
a short, convulsive utterance.

4. (v.i.) gasp
to catch one's breath.

5.  gasp
to struggle for breath with the mouth open.

6. (v.t.) gasp
to utter with gasps (often fol. by out, forth, away, etc.).

Definition of 'GASP'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) gasp, pant
a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
"she gave a gasp and fainted"

2. (verb) pant, puff, gasp, heave
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
"The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

Definition of 'GASP'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) gasp
to breathe in suddenly and noisily
Josie gasped at the sight of the diamond ring.

2. gasp
to try hard to breathe when it is difficult to do so
to gasp for air

Definition of 'GASP'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) GASP
the act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath

2. (verb) GASP
to open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently

3. (verb) GASP
to pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire

4. (verb) GASP
to emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc

Translation of 'GASP'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the sound made by suddenly breathing in, eg because of surprise or sudden pain a gasp of fear.
Afrikaans: snak	Arabic: لَهْثان	Bulgarian: ахване
Brazilian: grito	Czech: vzdech; zalapání po dechu	German: das Keuchen
Danish: gisp	Greek: άναρθρη κραυγή, κομμένη α	Spanish: boqueada, jadeo; grito (s
Estonian: (hirmu)ohe	Farsi: تنفس منقطع	Finnish: henkäisy
French: hoquet	Hebrew: לְהִתנַשֵף	Hindi: हंफनी
Croatian: teško disanje	Hungarian: zihálás	Indonesian: suara tergagap
Icelandic: andköf	Italian: ansimo	Japanese: あえぎ
Korean: 숨참, 헐떡임	Lithuanian: žioptelėjimas	Latvian: elsas; elpas vilciens
Malay: cungapan	Dutch: het naar adem snakken	Norwegian: gisp(ing)
Polish: zatchnięcie się, syknięci	Persian: تنفس منقطع	Pashto: تيګاوهل، هسكى كول، ژر ژرس
Portuguese: grito	Romanian: icnit	Russian: перехват дыхания
Slovak: vzdych; zalapanie po vzdu	Slovenian: vzdih	Serbian: teško disanje
Swedish: flämtning	Thai: พูดกระหืดกระหอบ	Turkish: kısa/kesik kesik nefes/so
Taiwanese: (因驚訝或突然疼痛所發出的)吸氣聲	Ukrainian: утруднене дихання	Urdu: ہانپنا ، منہ کھول کر سانس
Vietnamese: hơi thở hổn hển	Chinese: 喘气，倒抽气	Afrikaans: snik
Arabic: يَلْهَث	Bulgarian: пъшкам	Brazilian: gritar
Czech: těžce dýchat, vzdychat	German: keuchen	Danish: gispe
Greek: αγκομαχώ, ασθμαίνω	Spanish: jadear, respirar con difi	Estonian: õhku ahmima
Farsi: بریده بریده نفس کشیدن	Finnish: haukkoa henkeä	French: haleter
Hebrew: עֲצִירַת הַנשִׁימָה	Hindi: हांफना	Croatian: teško disati
Hungarian: zihál	Indonesian: tergagap	Icelandic: taka andköf
Italian: ansare, ansimare	Japanese: あえぐ	Korean: 헐떡거리다
Lithuanian: žioptelėti	Latvian: elsot; elst	Malay: mencungap
Dutch: naar adem snakken	Norwegian: gispe, snappe etter luft	Polish: syknąć
Persian: بریده بریده نفس کشیدن	Pashto: ژر ژرساه اچول	Portuguese: gritar
Romanian: a gâfâi	Russian: задыхаться	Slovak: ťažko dýchať, dychčať, zh
Slovenian: vzdihovati	Serbian: dahtati	Swedish: flämta
Thai: การหอบ; การอ้าปากหายใจ	Turkish: soluğu/nefesi kesilmek	Taiwanese: 發出吸氣聲
Ukrainian: важко дихати	Urdu: ہانپنا	Vietnamese: thở hổn hển
Chinese: 喘息
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