gasping

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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.”
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.”