gasping

English

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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

gasping disease

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.

Anagrams

gapings, pagings

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