gaspy
English
Etymology
gasp + -y
Adjective
gaspy (comparative gaspier, superlative gaspiest)
- Resembling or characterised by gasps.
- 1894, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad
- Then his eyes began to spread and his breath to come out kinder gaspy like, and he says: "Ger-reat Scott, it's the LONGITUDE!"
- 2007 September 6, Mike Albo, “The Department of Just Right”, in New York Times:
- When I tried it on, I discovered why my friends were so gaspy: it fit perfectly.
- 1894, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad