1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath or in laborious respiration; particularly in dying.
2. To long for. [Not in use.]
G`ASP, v.t. To emit breath by opening wide the mouth.
And with short sobs he gasps away his breath.
G`ASP, n. The act of opening the mouth to catch the breath.
1. The short catch of the breath in the agonies of death.