[ɡɑːsp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- catch one's breath with an open mouth, owing to pain or astonishment
(e.g: a woman gasped in horror at the sight of him)


Phrases:
- the last gasp

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old Norse geispa ‘to yawn’

[ɡɑːsp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a convulsive catching of breath
(e.g: his breath was coming in gasps)


Phrases:
- the last gasp

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old Norse geispa ‘to yawn’