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gasper

gasper

9.9
A person who breathes in suddenly from surprise, shock, or pain
  • noun
  • /ˈɡæspər/
translation icon : persona que jadea
  • - She's a gasper.

Examples

  • Number one, like this one, was known as "Gasper."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Who helps ticket takers, Gaspers, best boys and other jobs that even people in show business don't understand?

  • She gasped in shock when she heard the unexpected news; each time she reacted like a gasper.

  • During the horror movie, everyone in the room turned into a gasper as the suspense built.

  • He was such a gasper that everyone could hear his reactions to surprising moments.

Surface Forms

gasper singular
gaspers plural

Morphology

gasper = gasp (transparent) = gasp + er

Agentive formation from the verb 'gasp' (+ -er) yields a person who gasps, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Gasper comes from the simple verb gasp, which means 'breathe in suddenly'. So a gasper is someone who gasps, a person who takes a quick, surprised breath from shock or pain.