gasp

gasp
    n 1: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she
         gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: {gasp}, {pant}]
    v 1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners
         reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: {pant},
         {puff}, {gasp}, {heave}]
    

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[aum]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.
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            She gasps and struggles hard for life. --Lloyd.
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   2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
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            Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
                                                  --Spenser.
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Gasp \Gasp\, v. t.
   To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
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         And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. --Dryden.
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Gasp \Gasp\, n.
   The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the
   breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the
   breath.
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   {At the last gasp}, at the point of death. --Addison.
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GASP

   1. {Graph Algorithm and Software Package}.

   2. <simulation> {General Activities Simulation Program}.

   3. <simulation> {General Aerodynamic Simulation Program}.

   (2003-09-27)
    

166 Moby Thesaurus words for "gasp":
      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, breath of air,
      breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broil,
      broken wind, burn, burn out, buzz, cackle, chant, chirp, choke,
      collapse, combust, coo, cook, cough, crack up, crow, drawl, droop,
      drop, exclaim, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expel, expiration,
      expire, exsufflation, faint, fatigue, flag, flame, flame up, flare,
      flare up, flicker, flush, flute, fry, get tired, give out, glow,
      grow weary, growl, grunt, gulp, hack, heave, hiccup, hiss, huff,
      incandesce, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inspiration, inspire,
      insufflation, iron lung, jade, keen, lilt,
      mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, mumble, murmur, mutter, oxygen mask,
      oxygen tent, pant, parch, peter out, pipe, play out, poop out,
      puff, puff and blow, radiate heat, respiration, respire, roar,
      roast, rumble, run down, run out, scald, scorch, scream, screech,
      scuba, seethe, shimmer with heat, shriek, sibilate, sigh, simmer,
      sing, sink, smolder, smother, snap, snarl, sneeze, sniff, sniffle,
      snore, snoring, snort, snuff, snuffle, sob, spark, squall, squawk,
      squeal, steam, sternutation, stertor, stew, stifle, succumb,
      suffocate, suspiration, sweat, swelter, thunder, tire, toast,
      trumpet, twang, wail, warble, weary, wheeze, whine, whisper, wilt,
      wind, yap, yawp, yell, yelp