1. gasp - Noun
2. gasp - Verb
3. gasp - Interjection
To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMatilda told such dreadful lies, It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes Her aunt, who, from her earliest youth, Had kept a strict regard for truth, Attempted to believe Matilda The effort very nearly killed her. Hilaire Belloc
I realized it might be possible to do such a thing, run for money, trot for wages on piece work at a bob a puff rising bit by bit to a guinea a gasp and retiring through old age at thirty-two because of lace-curtain lungs, a football heart, and legs like varicose beanstalks. Alan Sillitoe
Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. George Carlin
Tessa, surprising herself, let out a gasp of laughter. Will looked at her, his mouth just beginning to quirk up in a grin. "I must be more amusing than I thought. Which would make me very amusing indeed. Cassandra Clare
A wolf hankers after sheep even at his last gasp. Dutch Proverb
The man would gasp if looked at himself. Russian Proverb