[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gasp \gasp\ g.asp, v. i. imp.  p. p. gasped g.aspt;
   p. pr.  vb. n. gasping. oe. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn,
   gasp, icel. geispa to yawn; akin to sw. gaumspa, dan. gispe
   to gasp.
   1. to open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in
      laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire
      convulsively; to pant violently.
      1913 webster

            she gasps and struggles hard for life. --lloyd.
      1913 webster

   2. to pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
      1913 webster

            quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster
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gasped gasping 

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