gasp(n = noun.act) pant - a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted"
is a kind of aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake
Derived form verb gasp₁

   gasp(v = verb.body) heave, pant, puff - breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
is one way to blow
Derived form noun gasp₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

1.  To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. [1913 Webster]
"She gasps and struggles hard for life." [1913 Webster]

2.  To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire. [1913 Webster]
"Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain." [1913 Webster]

   To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. [1913 Webster]
"And with short sobs he gasps away his breath." [1913 Webster]

   The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath. [1913 Webster]

gasp, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. catch one's breath with an open mouth as in exhaustion or astonishment.
2 intr. (foll. by for) strain to obtain by gasping (gasped for air).
3 tr. (often foll. by out) utter with gasps.
--n. a convulsive catching of breath.

Idiom:
at one's last gasp
1 at the point of death.
2 exhausted.

Etymology:
ME f. ON geispa: cf. geip idle talk

VB  V, be ill, ail, suffer, labor under, be affected with, complain of, have, droop, flag, languish, halt, sicken, peak, pine, gasp, keep one's bed, feign sickness, lay by, lay up, take a disease, catch a disease, catch an infection, break out.

VB  be fatigued, yawn, droop, sink, flag, lose breath, lose wind, gasp, pant, puff, blow, drop, swoon, faint, succumb, fatigue, tire, weary, irk, flag, jade, harass, exhaust, knock up, wear out, prostrate, tax, task, strain, overtask, overwork, overburden, overtax, overstrain.

VB  blow, waft, blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane, wuther, stream, issue, respire, breathe, puff, whiff, whiffle, gasp, wheeze, snuff, snuffle, sniff, sniffle, sneeze, cough, fan, ventilate, inflate, perflate, blow up.

last gasp