GASP, GASPING
ADJECTIVES
1831 — GASPANT gasping
NOUNS
1853 — TIFT a state of gasping or panting; a condition of breathlessness from exertion → Eng. dial.
VERBS
1352 — GAPE to gasp from pain, heat, etc.; also, of the dead: to have the mouth open → obs.
1721 — KECK to become short of breath; to catch one’s breath; to gasp
1806 — THRATCH to gasp convulsively, as in the death-agony → Sc. obs.
1886 — GANT to gasp, to open the mouth wide for breath → Sc.
1900 — GAPES to gasp → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — KAW to gasp for breath → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — FETCH AT THE THROPPLE † to gasp → Sc. (Bk.)
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