Gasp

gasp, v.i. to gape in order to catch breath to breatne laboriously or convulsively. - n the act of opening the mouth to catch the breath a painful catching of the breath. [Ice. getspa, to yawn thus gasp a stands for gafiui, an extension of Ice. gap a, to gape hence Gasp is etymologically a freq. of Gape, Gastric, gas'tnk, adj belonging to the belly or stomach. [Or gaster, the belly Gastronomy, gastron'om-i, n the art or science of good eating. [Gr. gastSr, and names, a rule. Gat, gat (i?.) pa.t. of Get. Gate, git, n a pa age into a uty, inclosurc, or any large budding a frame m the entrance into any in cio sure an entrance. [A gnat, a way, a gate cog. forms exist m all the Tent, languages