Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A short, sudden intake of breath. · A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
intj
The sound of a gasp.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock. · To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant. · To speak in a breathless manner. · To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire.
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”).
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