gasper

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6

Definition of gasper

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A person or animal that gasps.
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noun

  1. A person or animal that gasps.
  2. (informal)Something that causes one to gasp in shock, suspense, or awe.
    “Viserys unsheathes his dagger and says he’ll have his tongue for this, but his brother is quicker. In a classic Game Of Thrones gasper of a moment, Daemon whips out his sword and slices the top half of Vaemond’s head off like a watermelon. “He can keep his tongue,” the prince remarks, in a savage mic drop.”
  3. (slang)A cigarette.
    “Standing on the corner like a just-got-in-town jasper / I'm on a street corner with a gasper”
    “The engineer shivers in the bright chill and lights a gasper of his own and tells Madame Psychosis through the intercom that the whole range of levels is fine.”
    “He blows out the smoke from his gasper full of green shit.”
  4. (slang)One who is aroused by autoasphyxiation.
  5. (slang)An adjustable air outlet over a passenger seat in aircraft.

name

  1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A place name:
  3. (countable, uncountable)A place name:
  4. (countable, uncountable)A place name:

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Etymology

From gasp + -er.

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