gasp, pant
(noun) a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; “she gave a gasp and fainted”
pant, puff, gasp, heave
(verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; “The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gasp (third-person singular simple present gasps, present participle gasping, simple past and past participle gasped)
(intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
(intransitive) To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
(transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
gasp (plural gasps)
A short, sudden intake of breath.
(British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
gasp
(humorous) The sound of a gasp.
• AGPs, GPAs, PASG, SPAG, gaps, spag
Source: Wiktionary
Gasp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasped; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasping.] Etym: [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw. gäspa, 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.
Gasp, v. t.
Definition: To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden.
Gasp, n.
Definition: 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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
