- 1. v. i. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. Source: opted
- 2. v. i. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. Source: opted
- 4. n. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath. Source: opted
- 5. n. a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open Source: wordnet
- 6. v. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted Source: wordnet
- 7. 1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. She gasps and struggles hard for life. Lloyd. 2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain. Spenser. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath. At the last gasp, at the point of death. Addison. Source: webster
- 8. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden. Source: adambom
- 9. n:27/v:73 n. a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open Source: ecdict
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