Usually means: Inhaled sharply in surprise, shock.
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  1. gasped: Merriam-Webster
  2. gasped: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gasped: Vocabulary.com
  4. Gasped, gasped: Wordnik
  5. gasped: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. gasped: Wiktionary
  7. Gasped, gasped: Dictionary.com
  8. gasped: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Gasped: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Gasped: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. gasped: FreeDictionary.org
  12. gasped: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gasped: Encyclopedia

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  1. gasped: Idioms

(Note: See gasp as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gasp)

verb:  (intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
verb:  (intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.
verb:  (transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.
verb:  To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire.
noun:  A short, sudden intake of breath.
noun:  (British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
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