Gasp /(gȧsp)/

imp. & p. p. Gasped; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasping

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.

2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.

   Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.

1. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.

   And with short sobs he gasps away his breath.

1. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.