Gasp vs Gaspy - What's the difference?
gasp | gaspy |
As a noun gasp is sigh, yawn; the act of sighing. As an adjective gaspy is resembling or characterised by gasps.
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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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gaspy English
Adjective
( er)
Resembling or characterised by gasps.
* 1894 , Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad
- Then his eyes began to spread and his breath to come out kinder gaspy like, and he says: "Ger-reat Scott, it's the LONGITUDE!"
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 6, author=Mike Albo, title=The Department of Just Right, work=New York Times citation
, passage=When I tried it on, I discovered why my friends were so gaspy : it fit perfectly. }} |
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