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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gasp \Gasp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gasped}; p. pr & vb n. {Gasping}.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw g["a]spa, Dan. gispe to gasp.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gasping adj : breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: {blown}, {out of breath(p)}, {panting}, {pursy}, {short-winded}, {winded}]
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