Gast vs Gaspt - What's the difference?
gast | gaspt |
As a noun gast is a guest. As a verb gaspt is (obsolete) ( gasp).
gast English
Verb
( en verb)
(obsolete) To frighten
- And be not so a-gast, for shame! —Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame
- Or whether gasted by the noise I made, full suddenly he fled. —William Shakespeare, King Lear
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gaspt English
Verb
(head)
(obsolete) (gasp)
gasp English
Noun
( en noun)
A short, sudden intake of breath.
- The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
(British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
- I'm popping out for a gasp .
Verb
( en verb)
To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
- The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
* Lloyd
- She gasps and struggles hard for life.
To speak in a breathless manner.
- The old man gasped his last few words.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
- I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
* Spenser
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
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