(intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
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(intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.
We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
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(transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.
c. 1761-1764, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, Author of the Rosicad
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