gasp

1. 1.

   a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open

   “she gave a gasp and fainted”

   Synonymspant

   Broaderinhalation

1. 1.

   breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

   “The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily”

   Synonymspantpuffheave

   Broaderblow

Other forms of gasp

plural

gasps·

past tense

gasped·

present participle

gasping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gasp

What does gasp mean?

gasp means "a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gasp?

gasp has 1 syllable: gasp. In IPA it is /ˈɡæsp/.

What is another word for gasp?

Close synonyms include pant, pant, puff, heave. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gasp a common word?

gasp is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.