gasp
verbenominterjectioncourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ɡɑːsp//
- Royaume-Uni//ɡæsp//
- États-Unis//ɡæsp//
- Écosse//ɡasp//
To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
verbe
- 1
To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
- 2
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.
c. 1761-1764, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, Author of the Rosicad She gasps and struggles hard for life.
Bon's thighs wrapped around her waist, and Annie moved against her slowly, watching every flutter of her lashes, every gasp that spilled out.
- 3
To speak in a breathless manner.
The old man gasped his last few words.
- 4
To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire.
I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
Étymologie
From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”).
nom
- 1
A short, sudden intake of breath.
The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
- 2
argotA draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
I'm popping out for a gasp.
interjection
- 1
The sound of a gasp.
Gasp! What will happen next?
Formes
- pluriel
- gasps
- passé
- gasped
- participe passé
- gasped
- participe présent
- gasping
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- gasps
gasp · To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
gasping · The act by which one gasps.gaston · A grip using one hand with the thumb down and elbow out.Gaston · A surname from Old Northern French.