Verb
gasp (third-person singular simple present gasps, present participle gasping, simple past and past participle gasped)
- (intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
- (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.
- c. 1761-1764, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, Author of the Rosicad
- She gasps and struggles hard for life.
- (transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.
The old man gasped his last few words.
- To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire.
I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
Translations
to draw in the breath suddenly
- Armenian: հեւալ (hy) (hewal)
- Bulgarian: ахвам (bg) (ahvam)
- Czech: zajíknout se
- Danish: gispe
- Dutch: hijgen (nl), snakken (nl)
- Esperanto: aĥi
- Finnish: haukkoa henkeään
- French: retenir son souffle (fr)
- Galician: impar, salaiar, sospirar
- Georgian: ჩასუნთქვა (časuntkva)
- German: keuchen (de)
- Greek: λαχανιάζω (el) (lachaniázo), ασθμαίνω (el) (asthmaíno)
- Italian: restare senza fiato, restare a bocca aperta, trattenere il fiato
- Japanese: 息を呑む (ja) (いきをのむ, iki o nomu)
- Korean: 숨가쁘다 (sumgappeuda)
- Maori: mote, kuha, mote (resulting from pain or fear or shock), huatare, whakaaeaea (for breathe)
- Norwegian: gispe
- Portuguese: suspirar (pt)
- Russian: вздыха́ть (ru) impf (vzdyxátʹ), вздохну́ть (ru) pf (vzdoxnútʹ), (lit.: open mouth (in surprise)) открыва́ть рот (otkryvátʹ rot) (от удивле́ния)
- Scottish Gaelic: plosg
- Spanish: afogar un grito
- Swedish: flämta (sv)
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to breathe laboriously or convulsively
- Bulgarian: задъхвам се (zadǎhvam se), дишам тежко (dišam težko)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 喘息 (zh) (chuǎnxī), 氣促/气促 (zh) (qìcù)
- Czech: lapat po dechu, těžce dýchat
- Danish: gispe, hive efter vejret
- Esperanto: anheli (eo)
- Finnish: huohottaa, haukkoa (fi)
- French: haleter (fr), ahaner (fr)
- Galician: ampear (gl), arquexar (gl), alasar (gl), ofegar (gl), corexar, anquidar, folguexar (gl), inar (gl), alaiar
- Georgian: ხუთვა (xutva), გუდვა (gudva), ძნელად სუნთქვა (ʒnelad suntkva)
- German: japsen (de), prusten (de), keuchen (de)
- Hungarian: liheg (hu), fújtat (hu), zihál (hu)
- Italian: rantolare, ansimare (it), boccheggiare (it)
- Japanese: 喘ぐ (ja) (あえぐ, aegu)
- Korean: 숨가쁘다 (sumgappeuda)
- Latgalian: eļsinēt
- Latvian: elsot
- Malay: tercungap-cungap
- Maori: huataue, hāhā, tare, whakaaeaea
- Marathi: धापा टाकणे (dhāpā ṭākṇe)
- Norwegian: pese (no)
- Ottoman Turkish: صولومق (solumak)
- Portuguese: ofegar (pt), arquejar (pt)
- Russian: дыша́ть с трудо́м (dyšátʹ s trudóm), задыха́ться (ru) (zadyxátʹsja)
- Spanish: jadear (es)
- Swedish: kippa (sv)
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Noun
gasp (plural gasps)
- A short, sudden intake of breath.
The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
- (British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
I'm popping out for a gasp.
Translations
A short, sudden intake of breath
- Basque: arnasbehar, arnasestu
- Bulgarian: пъшкане (bg) n (pǎškane)
- Catalan: esbufec, panteix (ca), bleix (ca), sospir
- Danish: gisp n
- Esperanto: anhelo
- Finnish: henkäisy, nopea hengenveto
- French: halètement (fr)
- Georgian: ჩასუნთქვა (časuntkva)
- German: Atemzug (de) m, Luftholen (de) n, Schnaufen (de) n, Keuchen n, Prusten n
- Greek: λαχάνιασμα (el) n (lachániasma)
- Irish: uspóg f
- Italian: anelito (it), rantolo (it)
- Norwegian: gisp n
- Ottoman Turkish: صولوق (soluk)
- Russian: судорожный вздох (sudorožnyj vzdox)
- Scottish Gaelic: plosg m
- Spanish: bocanada (es) f, grito ahogado
- Swedish: flämtning (sv)
- Welsh: ebwch m
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A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper)
Interjection
gasp
- (humorous) The sound of a gasp.
Gasp! What will happen next?
Translations
Interjection representing a gasp