to breathe one's last gasp

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• gasp — gaspingly, adv. /gasp, gahsp/, n. 1. a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise. 2. a convulsive effort to breathe. 3. a short, convulsive utterance: the words came out in gasps. 4. last gasp, the point of death; dying: At his last …   Universalium

• gasp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pant, labor, choke; puff; exclaim. See weariness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. labor for breath, breathe convulsively, gulp, have difficulty in breathing, pant, puff, wheeze, heave, blow, sniffle, snort,… …   English dictionary for students

• gasp — [[t]gæsp, gɑsp[/t]] n. 1) a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise 2) phl a convulsive effort to breathe 3) a short, convulsive utterance 4) to catch one s breath 5) phl to struggle for breath with the mouth open 6) to utter with …   From formal English to slang

• Death — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Death >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 death death Sgm: N 1 decease decease demise Sgm: N 1 dissolution dissolution departure obit release rest quietus fall Sgm …   English dictionary for students

• death — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Absence of life Nouns 1. death, expiration, decease, demise, the grave, the narrow bed, one s latter end; end, cessation; loss, extinction, or ebb of life, mortality experience; dissolution, departure,… …   English dictionary for students

• expire — v 1. end, come to an end, terminate; stop, discontinue, cease, stop working, fail, wither on the vine; close, come to a close, complete, finish, conclude; run out, run its course, go up in smoke; die out, burn out, be extinguished, burn up. 2.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Jello Biafra — at Fusion Festival 2010 Background information Birth name Eric Reed Boucher …   Wikipedia

• Dead Kennedys — From left to right: Klaus Flouride, Jello Biafra, D.H. Peligro and East Bay Ray Background information Also known as The Sharks The Creamsicles Pink Twinkies …   Wikipedia

• Waterboarding — is a form of torture that consists of immobilizing a person on their back with the head inclined downward and pouring water over the face and into the breathing passages.cite news | last = Eban | first = Katherine | title = Rorschach and Awe |… …   Wikipedia

• an(ǝ)-3 (*ḫenaḫ-) —     an(ǝ) 3 (*ḫenaḫ )     English meaning: “to breathe”     Note: Root an(ǝ) 3 : “to breathe” derived from a reduction of Root anĝhen : ‘smell, odour; person” as in Arm. anjn (for older *anj), gen. anjin “ soul, being, person “: O.N. angi m. “… …   Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

• breath — /breT/ noun 1 AIR YOU BREATHE a) (U) the air that you take in and out of your lungs when you breathe: Paul smelt the cigarette smoke on her breath. | bad breath (=breath that smells unpleasant) b) the process of breathing in and out: Her breath… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English