• Finnish: henkäisy, nopea hengenveto

Verb

1. : To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.

   The audience gasped as the magician dissapeared

2. : To breath laboriously or convulsively.

   We were all gasping when we reached the summit

3. : To speak in a breathless manner

   The old man gasped his last few words

Translations

Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, bake, bark, bawl, be in heat, bellow, blare, blat, blaze, bloom, blow, blubber, boil, boom, bray, break down, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broil, broken wind, burn, burn out, buzz, cackle, chant, chirp, choke, collapse, combust, coo, cook, cough, crack up, crow, drawl, droop, drop, exclaim, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation, faint, fatigue, flag, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flicker, flush, flute, fry, get tired, give out, glow, grow weary, growl, grunt, gulp, hack, heave, hiccup, hiss, huff, incandesce, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, jade, keen, lilt, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, mumble, murmur, mutter, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, parch, peter out, pipe, play out, poop out, puff, puff and blow, radiate heat, respiration, respire, roar, roast, rumble, run down, run out, scald, scorch, scream, screech, scuba, seethe, shimmer with heat, shriek, sibilate, sigh, simmer, sing, sink, smolder, smother, snap, snarl, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snoring, snort, snuff, snuffle, sob, spark, squall, squawk, squeal, steam, sternutation, stertor, stew, stifle, succumb, suffocate, suspiration, sweat, swelter, thunder, tire, toast, trumpet, twang, wail, warble, weary, wheeze, whine, whisper, wilt, wind, yap, yawp, yell, yelp