Synonyms for gasp

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : gasp, gahsp

Phonetic Transcription : gæsp, gɑsp

Top 10 synonyms for gasp

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Définition of gasp

Origin : late 14c., gaspen, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse geispa "to yawn," or its Danish derivative gispe "gasp," which probably are related to Old Norse gapa (see gape). Related: Gasped; gasping.

noun sharply drawn breath
verb draw breath in sharply

Example sentences :

When she had finished, something like a gasp went through the room.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

I could only just gasp along the way you do in a dream when there's a ghost gaining on you.
Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Her gasp of astonishment was lost in the chorus of congratulatory cries.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Then he disappeared with a suddenness that made the colonel and Dick gasp.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

Then a reporter leaped aboard, and ere I could gasp held me in his toils.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

The audience sank back with a gasp of release from the strain of attention.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

It took her breath—but with a gasp of delight, for there was something she wanted to do.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

There was a great gurgling and sucking in the darkness, followed by a gasp from the drinker.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Wrayson was so astonished that he could only gasp out his name.
Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

And as she dragged Pauline away, she could only gasp: "Come along, you filthy thing!"
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

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