Gasp

Noun

 * 1) A short, sudden intake of breath.
 * : A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).

Verb

 * : To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
 * : To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
 * : To speak in a breathless manner

Adjectives for Gasp
convulsive; painful; long; grieving; struggling; broken; terrific; fitful; gurgling; last.

Adverbs for Gasp
incredulously; breathlessly; unintelligibly; audibly; convulsively; fitfully; dramatically; brokenly; startlingly.

Thesaurus
suffocate, suspiration, sweat, swelter, thunder, tire, toast, trumpet, twang, wail, warble, weary, wheeze, whine, whisper, wilt, wind, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, bake, bark, bawl, be in heat, bellow, blare, blat, blaze, bloom, blow, blubber, boil, boom, bray, break down, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broil, broken wind, burn, burn out, buzz, cackle, chant, chirp, choke, collapse, combust, coo, cook, cough, crack up, crow, drawl, droop, drop, exclaim, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation, faint, fatigue, flag, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flicker, flush, flute, fry, get tired, give out, glow, grow weary, growl, grunt, gulp, hack, heave, hiccup, hiss, huff, incandesce, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, jade, keen, lilt, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, mumble, murmur, mutter, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, parch, peter out, pipe, play out, poop out, puff, puff and blow, radiate heat, respiration, respire, roar, roast, rumble, run down, run out, scald, scorch, scream, screech, scuba, seethe, shimmer with heat, shriek, sibilate, sigh, simmer, sing, sink, smolder, smother, snap, snarl, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snoring, snort, snuff, snuffle, sob, spark, squall, squawk, squeal, steam, sternutation, stertor, stew, stifle, succumb,

Etymology
Perhaps from geispa or  gispe:.

Noun

 * Finnish: henkäisy, nopea hengenveto
 * Italian: ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * Italian: tirata di sigaretta

Verb

 * Czech: zajíknout se
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Italian: restare senza fiato, restare a bocca aperta,  trattenere il fiato
 * Japanese: 息を呑む
 * Korean: 숨가쁘다
 * Russian: вздыхать


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 氣促, 气促
 * Czech: lapat po dechu, těžce dýchat
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 喘ぐ
 * Korean: 숨가쁘다 (sum-gappuda)
 * Russian: дышать с трудом
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * gaps
 * spag, SPAG