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gasp

noun

1 gasp

A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open:
— She gave a gasp and fainted.

synonym: pant.

Dutch: gehijg, snik
Polish: dyszenie

verb

1 gasp

Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.

synonyms: heave, pant, puff.

Roget 688: be fatigued etc. adj.; yawn etc. (get sleepy) 683; droop, sink, flag; lose breath, lose wind; gasp, pant, ... show more

Roget 349: blow, waft; blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane etc. n.; wuther; stream, issue.    respire, breathe, puff; ... show more

Roget 655: be ill etc. adj.; ail, suffer, labor under, be affected with, complain of, have; droop, flag, languish, halt; ... show more


Moby thesaurus: Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, bake, bark, bawl, be in heat, bellow, blare, blat, blaze, bloom, blow, blubber, boil, boom, bray, break down, breath ... show more.

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