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Definition of "gasps" []

  • Plural form of gasp. (noun)
  • Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gasp. (verb)

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Use "gasps" in a sentence
  • "Imagine the gasps from the jury when the prosecutor holds this above his head with an evidence tag affixed and proclaims to the jury; "just look at the weapon this closet-survivalist was waiting to use on poor Eddie DeCrook when he entered that home on that fateful night!""
  • "Ishioka's costumes were breathtaking -- a rogues gallery of the villains that appear onstage in the musical received audible gasps from the audience, including the Green Goblin, Lizard, Kraven, Swarm, and a new female villain created at the behest of Taymor, Swiss Miss (dressed in immaculate white dominatrix gear and multiple knives ... hot!)."
  • "O'Reilly interrupted her, to gasps from the audience."
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