gasp

gasp is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. She gasps and struggles hard for life. Lloyd.

[2] To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. Quenching the gasping furrows` thirst with rain. Spenser.

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