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present tense third-person singular of gasp
as in pants
to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty the runner was audibly gasping by the end of the marathon

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gasps

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noun

plural of gasp

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Recent Examples of gasps
Noun
Demerzel gasps, and for once Day isn’t preening in the mirror but bowing his head. Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
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Verb
  • She was similarly dressed to travel for Thursday’s departure in the aforementioned Ralph Lauren safari jacket and Loro Piana pants.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Our elders know how to make tools and sealskin pants the right way.
    Jennie Punter, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Several mega-talented Georgia defensive backs appeared to short-circuit and forget how to track a ball in the air on Tennessee heaves.
    Jason Kirk, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While an insider confirmed to Fox News Digital that there have been whispers of another woman, TMZ was first to report that the country star may already be involved with someone else.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Early whispers of possibly being in the mix as a potential sixth man of the year candidate are tossed around.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The menu circles the room to appreciative murmurs.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In the past, doctors were probably better at listening to heart murmurs, or at feeling the liver.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Most of these are held in a tent, from which loud, ecstatic moans can be heard for seemingly miles around.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Gasps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gasps. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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