Usually means: Sharp, sudden intake of breath.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. gasp: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. gasp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gasp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gasp: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gasp: Vocabulary.com
  6. Gasp, Gasp, gasp: Wordnik
  7. gasp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. gasp: Wiktionary
  9. gasp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. gasp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. gasp: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. GASP: Dictionary.com
  13. gasp: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. gasp: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. GASP (simulation language), Gasp (disambiguation), Gasp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Gasp: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. gasp: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. gasp: Rhymezone
  19. gasp: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. gasp: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. gasp: Free Dictionary
  22. gasp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. gasp: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. gasp: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. Gasp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  26. Gasp: Infoplease Dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. GASP: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. GASP: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. GASP: Acronym Finder
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  3. gasp: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gasp, gasp: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. gasp: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See gasped as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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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