Word a Day
gasp
What does gasp mean?
gasp (verb): to draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use gasp in a sentence?
- The audience gasped as the magician disappeared. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce gasp?
/ɡæsp/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does gasp come from?
From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “gasp” mean?
to draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock
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to take control of; to seize by force or stratagem
Not quite: that's what capture means.
to move from one place to another; to redistribute
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to travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle
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