gasping
English
Pronunciation
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Verb
gasping
- present participle and gerund of gasp
Noun
gasping (plural gaspings)
- The act by which one gasps.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 4, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- sundry violent gaspings and strainings
Derived terms
Adjective
gasping (not comparable)
- (UK, slang) Very thirsty
- 2011, Kate Ellis, The Armada Boy: Number 2 in series, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- Any chance of a cup of tea? I'm gasping.