1 to try hard to breathe when it is difficult to do so -- snappe etter pusten
to gasp for air å snappe etter luft
2 -- gisp [ neuter ]
3 the sound made by suddenly breathing in, eg because of surprise or sudden pain -- gisp(ing)
a gasp of fear.
4 -- gispe, snappe etter luft
He gasped with pain.
All the yards are gasping for those orders.
I understand that when the coroner announced the verdict of accidental death, those present at the inquiry gasped in astonishment.
He walked into my surgery gasping for air.
Let us remember that, when he did, the nation gasped.
Every day we see old people gasping for breath—some suffering from heart and chest troubles.
At the same time, there are places in my own constituency which are actually gasping and begging for orders.
There were gasps of horror all round, but one day that decision will have to be taken.
The world is gasping for some solution that will end this problem.
