gasp

gasp has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. i.. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.
• v. i.. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
• v. t.. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
• n.. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
• n.. a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted"
• v.. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"