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Synonyms for gasp
gæsp, gɑspgasp

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 7 votes

  1. gasp, pantverb

    a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open

    "she gave a gasp and fainted"

    Synonyms:
    trouser, pant

  2. pant, puff, gasp, heaveverb

    breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

    "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

    Synonyms:
    chuff, buckle, heave, gag, huff, draw, pant, blow up, warp, heft up, puff, puff out, heft, billow, retch, whiff, puff up, drag, heave up, surge

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gaspverb

    Synonyms:
    pant, puff, blow

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gaspnoun

    Synonyms:
    pant, panting

  2. gaspverb

    Synonyms:
    pant

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "gasp":

    cfsp, breath

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How to use gasp in a sentence?

  1. Tara Cornelisse:

    It's like the Milky Way flashes on and then off. You hear people gasp 'Ohhhh!'.

  2. Evil Rarity:

    Rarity: Or, should I say that I’ve ever imagined! Spike: Oh yeah we should definitely go by- (loud gasp) Twilight Sparkle: Spike! Never ever ever take another book at the castle with out asking! Spike: What? Just being honest, it’s what good friends do. (Twilight growls)

  3. Xu Zhongbo:

    Those outdated steel mills, local governments and local banks are lingering in the last gasp, they live or die together.

  4. Jeanette Strumpf:

    It's horrible to sit there and watch my Mom gasp for air as she was dying, and when they took out that tube, it's horrible. And we couldn't do anything for her. She had perfect, beautiful new lungs and this monster virus killed her.

  5. Barack Obama:

    I think this is the last gasp of folks who have been fighting against [the Affordable Care Act] for ideological reasons.


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