Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gasp.

Multi-Version Concordance Gasping (2 Occurrences) Isaiah 42:14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together. (See JPS) Jeremiah 4:31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands: 'Woe is me, now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.' (See NAS RSV NIV)