gaspyadj.
/ˈɡɑːspi/, /ˈɡaspi/, U.S. /ˈɡæspi/ Characterized by gasping; having a tendency to gasp.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > gasping or catching breath
kinking1607
gaspant1831
gasping1835
gaspy1860
1860 W. W. Reade Liberty Hall, Oxon. I. xv. 297 The declamations of boyhood..trickled out in stuttering and gaspy delivery.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. xiv. 255 The august great robes back-flowing and foaming over the gaspy page-boys.
1919 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Jan. 66/2 Her breath is short and gaspy, but there are no physical signs in her lungs.
1997 National Geographic Traveler July 64/3 The Golden Hall gets gaspy, oh-my-gosh reactions from awed visitors, too.
Derivatives
ˈgaspiness n. the quality or fact of gasping or causing one to gasp; also figurative.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > gasping
gasping1440
sob?a1505
gaspa1529
glutting1733
kink1788
catching1873
gaspiness1883
catch1884
1883 Bell's Life in London 15 Dec. 7/1 For chokiness and black-hole-in-Calcutta gaspiness Portland-road and Gower-street are yet what they were when the system of travelling by sewer was in its infancy.
1892 Spectator 9 Jan. 48 Gaspiness is one of the worst flaws in most English Hymns.
1988 D. Carey Ghost Ship vii. 137 His breathing lost some of its gaspiness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1860