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verb | noun gaspgasp1 /gæsp/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYgasp1Origin: 1300-1400 Old Norse geispa to yawn VERB TABLEgasp |
| Present | I, you, we, they | gasp | | he, she, it | gasps | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | gasped | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have gasped | | he, she, it | has gasped | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had gasped | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will gasp | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have gasped |
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| Present | I | am gasping | | he, she, it | is gasping | | you, we, they | are gasping | | Past | I, he, she, it | was gasping | | you, we, they | were gasping | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been gasping | | he, she, it | has been gasping | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been gasping | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be gasping | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been gasping |
► gasp for air/breath I kept climbing, gasping for breath. THESAURUSair► breathe to take air into your lungs and send it out again: My eyes began to sting, and I couldn’t breathe. People are concerned about the quality of the air they breathe. ► take a breath to take air into your lungs: Take a deep breath and hold it for a few seconds. ► inhale formal to breathe in air, smoke, or gas: Try not to inhale the fumes from the glue. ► exhale formal to breathe air, smoke, etc. out through your mouth and nose: The doctor asked him to exhale normally while she listened to his lungs. ► be short of breath (also be out of breath) to have difficulty breathing, often after exercising or because you are sick: After walking up the stairs, my father was short of breath. ► gasp (also gasp for breath/air) to breathe quickly and loudly, because you are having difficulty getting enough air: People ran from the smoky building gasping for breath. ► wheeze to breathe with difficulty, making a noise in your throat and chest, usually because you are sick: The pollen in the air was making me wheeze and itch. ► pant to breathe quickly with short breaths, in the way that dogs do: The dog sat outside, panting in the hot sun. ► snore to breathe noisily through your mouth and nose while you sleep: He snores so loudly that I hear it in the next room. ► sigh to breathe out loudly and slowly because you are disappointed, tired, or you are beginning to relax: She sighed with relief as she walked out of the exam room. ► hyperventilate to breathe too hard and fast because you are anxious or sick: Before the competition, she started to hyperventilate. 1to breathe in suddenly in a way that can be heard, especially because you are surprised or shocked: gasp in/with something The crowd gasped in astonishment.gasp at something Everyone gasped at the sight of a two-headed dog.► see thesaurus at breathe2to breathe quickly because you are having difficulty breathing: gasp for air/breath I kept climbing, gasping for breath. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old Norse geispa to yawn] verb | noun gaspgasp2 ●●○ noun [countable] 1an act of taking in your breath suddenly in a way that can be heard, especially because you are surprised or shocked: gasp of a gasp of pain2an act of taking in air quickly because you are having difficulty breathing: short gasps of breath3somebody’s/something’s last gasp something that is done when someone is about to die, or about to stop happening or existing: This cold spell appears to be winter’s last gasp for the year. |