Gaup vs Gasp - What's the difference?
gaup | gasp |
(Geordie) To stare, gape.
A short, sudden intake of breath.
(British, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
* Lloyd
To speak in a breathless manner.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
* Spenser
As a verb gaup
is (geordie) to stare, gape.As a noun gasp is
sigh, yawn; the act of sighing.gaup
English
Verb
- "Divint gaup at hor, she'll knaa ye fancy ha"
References
* *gasp
English
Noun
(en noun)- The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
- I'm popping out for a gasp .
Verb
(en verb)- The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
- She gasps and struggles hard for life.
- The old man gasped his last few words.
- I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
