v. i. - To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
v. i. - Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
v. i. - To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
v. i. - To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
v. t. - To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
v. t. - To long for; to be eager after.
n. - A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
n. - A violent palpitation of the heart.