gasp

gasp is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.
2. intransitive verb. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
3. transitive verb. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
4. noun. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
5. noun. a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open

   "she gave a gasp and fainted"

   Synonyms: pant

6. verb. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

   "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

   Synonyms: heave, pant, puff

Synonyms

pant, heave, puff

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in gasp:

gaps, spag

Common word forms

gasps, gasped, gasper, gasping

Words from these letters

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