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to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty
- the runner was audibly gasping by the end of the marathon
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nounSynonyms & Antonyms of gasp (Entry 2 of 2)
as in sigh, whisper
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“Gasp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasp. Accessed 27 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of gasp was in the 14th century
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