Definitions for gasp
gæsp, gɑspgasp

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gasp, pantverb

   a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open

   "she gave a gasp and fainted"

2. pant, puff, gasp, heaveverb

   breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

   "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gaspnoun

   A short, sudden intake of breath.

   The audience gave a gasp of astonishment

2. gaspnoun

   A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).

   I'm popping out for a gasp.

3. gaspverb

   To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.

   The audience gasped as the magician disappeared

4. gaspverb

   To breathe laboriously or convulsively.

   We were all gasping when we reached the summit

5. gaspverb

   To speak in a breathless manner

   The old man gasped his last few words

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gaspnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. The act of opening the mouth to catch breath.2. The short catch of breath in the last agonies.

   His fortunes all lie speechless, and his name
   Is at last gasp. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Ah, Warwick, Montague hath breath’d his last;
   And to the latest gasp cry’d out for Warwick. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   If in the dreadful hour of death,
   If at the latest gasp of breath,
   When the cold damp bedews your brow,
   You hope for mercy, shew it now. Joseph Addison, Rosamond.

   Life’s business at one gasp be o’er. Alexander Pope.

2. To Gaspverb

   Etymology: from gape, Skinner; from gispe, Danish, to sob, Junius.

   1. To open the mouth wide to catch breath.

   The sick for air before the portal gasp. John Dryden, Virg. Geo.

   They rais’d a feeble cry with trembling notes;
   But the weak voice deceiv’d their gasping throats. Dryden.

   The gasping head flies off; a purple flood
   Flows from the trunk. John Dryden, Æn.

   The ladies gasp’d, and scarcely could respire;
   The breath they drew no longer air, but fire. Dryden.

   A scantling of wit lay gasping for life, and groaning beneath a heap of rubbish. John Dryden, Spanish Fryar.

   Pale and faint,
   He gasps for breath; and, as his life flows from him,
   Demands to see his friends. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   2. To emit breath by opening the mouth convulsively.

   I lay me down to gasp my latest breath;
   The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. Dryden.

   He staggers round, his eyeballs roll in death,
   And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. To long for. This sense is, I think, not proper, as nature never expresses desire by gasping.

   The Castilian and his wife had the comfort to be under the same master, who, seeing how dearly they loved one another, and gasped after their liberty, demanded a most exorbitant price for their ransom. Spectator, №. 198.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gasp

   Paralanguage, also known as vocalics, is a component of meta-communication that may modify meaning, give nuanced meaning, or convey emotion, by using techniques such as prosody, pitch, volume, intonation, etc. It is sometimes defined as relating to nonphonemic properties only. Paralanguage may be expressed consciously or unconsciously. The study of paralanguage is known as paralinguistics and was invented by George L. Trager in the 1950s, while he was working at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State. His colleagues at the time included Henry Lee Smith, Charles F. Hockett (working with him on using descriptive linguistics as a model for paralanguage), Edward T. Hall developing proxemics, and Ray Birdwhistell developing kinesics. Trager published his conclusions in 1958, 1960 and 1961.His work has served as a basis for all later research, especially those investigating the relationship between paralanguage and culture (since paralanguage is learned, it differs by language and culture). A good example is the work of John J. Gumperz on language and social identity, which specifically describes paralinguistic differences between participants in intercultural interactions. The film Gumperz made for BBC in 1982, Multiracial Britain: Cross talk, does a particularly good job of demonstrating cultural differences in paralanguage and their impact on relationships. Paralinguistic information, because it is phenomenal, belongs to the external speech signal (Ferdinand de Saussure's parole) but not to the arbitrary conmodality]]. Even vocal language has some paralinguistic as well as linguistic properties that can be seen (lip reading, McGurk effect), and even felt, e.g. by the Tadoma method.

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1. gasp

   A gasp is a sudden, involuntary intake or catching of one's breath, often due to shock, surprise, or difficulty in breathing. It can also refer to a moment of great surprise, relief, or longing. As a verb, to gasp means to inhale sharply and loudly through the mouth due to shock, surprise, or exertion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Gaspverb

   to open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently

2. Gaspverb

   to pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire

3. Gaspverb

   to emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc

4. Gaspnoun

   the act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath

5. Etymology: [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw. gspa, Dan. gispe to gasp.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gasp

   gasp, v.i. to gape in order to catch breath: to desire eagerly.—n. the act of opening the mouth to catch the breath.—pr.p. and adj. Gasp′ing, convulsive, spasmodic.—adv. Gasp′ingly.—The last gasp, the utmost extremity. [Ice. geispa, to yawn, by metathesis from geipsa, cf. geip, idle talk.]

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   Rank popularity for the word 'gasp' in Verbs Frequency: #1008

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gasp in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gasp in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of gasp in a Sentence

1. Kardashian West:

   I'm naked and my phone rings and I'm all glammed up, i'm like' [ Gasp ] get me a robe !'.

2. Sandra Hooker:

   I would just gasp because she could do the splits all the time, and she would just laugh, she loved dancing.

3. Barack Obama:

   I think this is the last gasp of folks who have been fighting against [the Affordable Care Act] for ideological reasons.

4. Evil Rarity:

   Rarity: Or, should I say that I’ve ever imagined! Spike: Oh yeah we should definitely go by- (loud gasp) Twilight Sparkle: Spike! Never ever ever take another book at the castle with out asking! Spike: What? Just being honest, it’s what good friends do. (Twilight growls)

5. Sharon Choksi:

   You have teeny-tiny cap sleeves. You have very fitted shirts that you find more in the women's department ... and then the shorts is where perhaps most parents gasp as they walk into some of these stores.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gasp
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gasp
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gasp
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasp
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gasp
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gasp