1. Verb
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.
2. Verb
Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
3. Verb
To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
4. Verb
To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
5. Verb
To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
6. Verb
To long for; to be eager after.
7. Noun
A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
8. Noun
A violent palpitation of the heart.
9. Noun
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers"
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