Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a gasping state or condition; panting; eager.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a state of gasping.

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  • adjective obsolete In a state of gasping.

Etymologies

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a- +‎ gasp

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Examples

  • She is sorry minutes later, as the salt works its way into unknown cuts and leaves her skin agasp for air.

    BRASIL AS A GIRL Maggie Jochild 2007

  • On the widescreen DVD edition, some of the lushly painted backgrounds left me agasp, and the animation teems with quality and craftsmanship.

    Weekly Mishmash: June 22-28 : Scrubbles.net 2008

  • On the widescreen DVD edition, some of the lushly painted backgrounds left me agasp, and the animation teems with quality and craftsmanship.

    2008 June : Scrubbles.net 2008

  • The voice of the daughter of Ṣion agasp, he spreadeth her hands:

    Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 George Adam Smith 1899

  • All this would involve no end of worry for the quartermaster, who even under the most favorable circumstances is sure to be the least appreciated and most abused officer under the commandant himself, and that worthy was simply agasp with relief and joy when he heard Mr. Hayne's astonishing announcement that he would take the quarters out on "Prairie Avenue."

    The Deserter Charles King 1888

  • When we got to the second floor of Egypt we stopped looking at the artifacts and just stared agasp at the ceilings.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • Seems as if Mr. Freeman has been targeted by the Israeli Lobby for being, agasp, a person not falling in line with everything pro-Israel.

    Jack & Jill Politics 2009

  • "Where the dull thunder and the tossing spray warned us from sunken reefs, we heard the harsh challenges of gulls; where the pallid surf twisted in yellow coils of spume above the bar, the singing sands murmured of treachery and secrets of lost souls agasp in the throes of silent undertows.

    In Search of the Unknown 1899

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