different between gasp vs pamp
gasp
English
Etymology
From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???sp/
- (US) IPA(key): /?æsp/
- Rhymes: -æsp
Verb
gasp (third-person singular simple present gasps, present participle gasping, simple past and past participle gasped)
- (intransitive) To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
- (intransitive) To breathe laboriously or convulsively.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
- c. 1761-1764, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, Author of the Rosicad
- She gasps and struggles hard for life.
- (transitive) To speak in a breathless manner.
- To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
Translations
Noun
gasp (plural gasps)
- A short, sudden intake of breath.
- (Britain, slang): A draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
Derived terms
- last gasp
Translations
Interjection
gasp
- (humorous) The sound of a gasp.
- Gasp! What will happen next?
References
Anagrams
- A-GPS, AGPs, GPAs, PASG, SPAG, gaps, spag
Westrobothnian
Noun
gasp n
- loud talking, joking, fun
Related terms
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pamp
English
Etymology
From Middle English pampen, from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pamp?n, from Proto-Germanic *pamp?n? (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”). Cognate with West Frisian pampelje, Dutch pampelen, pamperen (“to cram, pamper”), German pampfen, bamben, Norwegian pampa (“to stuff oneself”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æmp
Verb
pamp (third-person singular simple present pamps, present participle pamping, simple past and past participle pamped)
- (transitive, archaic) To pamper.
Anagrams
- MAPP