Definitions for gasping
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1. gaspingnoun

   The act by which one gasps.

   Sundry violent gaspings and strainings. uE000241195uE001 Herman Melville.

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1. gasping

   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. Gasping

   of Gasp

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1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gasping in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gasping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of gasping in a Sentence

1. Ema Richardson:

   I was laying in bed with my 2-year-old and I heard an explosion, then I started smelling burning, smoke and fire, i found my bother not breathing, with his whole face burned and his neck burned and trying to throw up a little or maybe he was gasping for air, so I called 911, she told WINKNews.com. Evan Spahlinger was taken to NCH Downtown Naples Hospital before being flown to a Miami hospital where doctors placed Evan Spahlinger in a coma to alleviate pain.

2. Police Kavita Jalan:

   The eight-year-old boy was found by police gasping between the dead bodies.

3. Lori Odegaard:

   When I got to the top, I was so out of breath and I could not catch my breath back again, i remember thinking to myself, ‘This isn’t normal. You shouldn’t be gasping for air just walking up 14 steps.’.

4. Verity Trueman:

   Any form of activity before used to leave me in pain, I could barely climb a flight of stairs without gasping for breath, now I have a whole wardrobe dedicated to gym clothes. I enjoy Pilates and spinning classes, and I always feel great afterwards.

5. Chief Nursing Officer Tammy Daniel:

   We're getting ready to intubate the patient, which means putting them on a ventilator, and they said,' If I get the vaccine now, could I not go on the ventilator ?' So, they're begging for it, they're desperate because they are gasping for air, they can't breathe, they are scared, they feel like they're going to pass away.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasping
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gasping