Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

last gasp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: last -gasp
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The final gasp or breath a person takes before death.

noun

The point of death, or the last period of one's life.

noun

The point at which something disappears or is destroyed; a last-gasp moment, attempt, etc.

Example Sentences

"Now the murdered man is drawing his last gasp."
"Such as feare God shall be strengthened to stand against all assaults of Satan; yea they shal continue and stand stedfast vnto the end, euen to the last gasp."
"[…] but so much rain fell therewith, as refreshed Aurelius his Forces, that were at the last gasp for thirst:"
"[…] I have got an old aunt of my own, who has been puffing and blowing as if she was at her last gasp ever since I can remember;"
"The duke had honoured her by coming to her house, and she was bound to welcome him, though in doing so she should bring Lady Lufton to her last gasp."
"Me thinks, (my Lord) you are grown something solemn on the sudden; since your Monopolies and Patents, which made your purse swell like a wet spunge, have been reduc’d to th’ last gasp."

Inflected Forms

last gasps (plural)

Phrases

last-gasp

Questions

What does last gasp mean?: The final gasp or breath a person takes before death.

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