Dictionary

gaspy en · ADJ

Etymology

From gasp + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characterised by gasps.
   • When I tried it on, I discovered why my friends were so gaspy: it fit perfectly. 2007 September 6, Mike Albo, “The Department of Just Right”, in New York Times:
   • 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!" 1894, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad:

Forms

Deriveds

gaspiness