Gasp

n. [Dan. gisp, a gasp, gispe, to gasp; Icel. geispa, to open the mouth widely; allied to gape.] To open the mouth wide in catching the breath or in laborious respiration, particularly in dying; to labor for breath; to pant violently. "The sick for air before the portal gasp ." - Dryden. -To long after with panting eagerne ; as, "they gasped after their liberty." - Spectator. -r. a. To emit, as breath, by opening wide the mouth convulsively; - used with out , away , or forth ; as, "he gasps away his breath." - Dryden.