gasp
gasp is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain. Spenser.
- 2.To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden.
- 3.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's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain. Spenser called?
- What is to emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden called?
- What is 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 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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