Gasped vs Gasted - What's the difference?

gasped | gasted |

As verbs the difference between gasped and gasted

is that gasped is past tense of gasp while gasted is past tense of gast.

gasped

English

Verb

(head)

(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.

Interjection

(en interjection)

(humorous)

Gasp ! What will happen next?

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gasted

English

Verb

(head)

(gast)

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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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