See Also: gasp(medicine)
gasp(1)(dictionary)
gasp(2)(dictionary)
gasp 1, verb(dictionary)
gasp 2, noun(dictionary)

acetate (oh) and gasp(1) (iou)


acetate (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: acet-; ACETAMINOPHEN]
[U] a chemical made from acetic acid
[U] a smooth artificial cloth used to make clothes
[C] a transparent sheet that you write or print something on, and that is used with an overhead projector

gasp(1) (iou)



gasp noun. [g¨»:sp] L16.
[from the verb.]
A convulsive catching of the breath from distress, exertion, surprise, etc.
last gasp the final attempt to draw breath before dying (at the last gasp, at one's last gasp, at the point of death; fig. exhausted).