0 present participle of gasp
1 to take a short, quick breath through the mouth, especially because of surprise, pain, or shock:
When they announced that Chris had won first prize, he gasped in astonishment.
He opened the box and gasped to see all the treasure inside.
"How on earth did you do that?," she gasped.
A loud crash from the other room made us gasp and run to the door.
In her last months, she would often sit in the doorway of her home, gasping for breath.
It has been assumed that the resultant of gasping force on each phalanx is applied in the middle of the phalanx itself.
I did not feel panic, but the gasping was persistent.
