Gasp \Gasp\, v. t. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. --Dryden.
Gasp \Gasp\, n. 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.
Gasp \Gasp\ (g[.a]sp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gasped} (g[.a]spt); 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.
Record company hype says the new album showcases Trower's maturity as a _ gasp! _ songwriter.
Such light-volume rallies, Mr. Arms says, are probably "the last gasp before it goes lower."
The capital was almost completely quiet Wednesday and reports of calm from the provinces indicated the Escalon assault might have been the offensive's last gasp.
When Macbeth is finally, viciously stabbed, the spurt of blood form his mouth brings a horrified gasp from the audience. Yet the show is not all intense.
"It's a reflex for the body to gasp for air when it's going under for the third time," he says.
"There were women dripping with gold, so beautiful they made you gasp.
By STANLEY D. MILLER= You say your sneer's a little crooked, your pompadour's a little flat and _ gasp, what would the King think _ you've forgotten the words to "Don't Be Cruel"? No problem.
Julianne Malveaux, columnist and teacher of Afro-American studies at Berkeley, tells the audience that the attack on PC is "the white males' last gasp."
Such high bond yields would signal "the last gasp of the economy," he said, just as a similar run-up in interest rates last October helped trigger the stock market crash.
Only when it has been concluded will it be possible to tell whether today's accord represents the first gasp of a new Middle Eastern order or a dying gasp of the old.
Only when it has been concluded will it be possible to tell whether today's accord represents the first gasp of a new Middle Eastern order or a dying gasp of the old.
The staff of the Polish Embassy, consisting mainly of career Communist Party members, gave a collective gasp when Solidarity leader Lech Walesa cheerfully said he hoped to see them all in Poland soon.
"It was an individual reaction, sort of a gasp," Hasenpflug said. "It was dead silent, a lot of hugging and holding.
Her (gasp) Royal (shudder) Highness (and not one eye dared to meet another).' Vita's letters are the more domestic and intimate, sometimes terrifying in their depth of insight.
With the German economy already slowing, it was enough to make Germany's industry gasp.
But neither they, nor the tobacco industry, believe they have quite had their last gasp - at least, that is, not yet.
As the bus crosses the Orontes River into this city's old Moslem neighborhoods, the only sound from its Syrian passengers is an occasional muffled gasp.
As 70,000 tons of gleaming ship filled the view from the bus windows, there was a collective gasp.