1. breathing with great difficulty; struggling to catch one’s breath

1. present participle of gasp; breathing with difficulty or catching one’s breath suddenly
Usage: present participle form

Examples

• She was gasping for air after running up the stairs.
• The swimmer came up gasping from the cold water.
• He lay gasping on the ground after the sprint.
• The gasping patient needed immediate medical attention.
• I found myself gasping in the thin mountain air.
• The gasping fish flopped on the dock.
• She was gasping with laughter at the joke.