GASP : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: GASP	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for GASP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gasp n a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted" Synonym(s): gasp, pant v breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" Synonym(s): pant, puff, gasp, heave
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gasp \Gasp\, n. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath. {At the last gasp}, at the point of death. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gasp \Gasp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gasped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gasping}.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw. g[84]spa, Dan. gispe to gasp.] 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. --Lloyd. 2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gasp \Gasp\, v. t. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. --Dryden.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
GASP 1. {Graph Algorithm and Software Package}. 2. {General Activities Simulation Program}. 3. {General Aerodynamic Simulation Program}. (2003-09-27)