dying gasp

noun

The last breath taken before death.

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Meanings

noundying gasp (plural dying gasps)

plural dying gasps

  1. The last breath taken before death.
  2. figurativelyThe last moments, or final period, of something that becomes obsolete or inactive.
    1 more example

    To replace logarithmic tables with natural tables required some time. This seems like a modern age, yet I am not an octogenarian and I can remember the dying gasp of the logarithmic table as the standard method of computation. I have seen the desk calculator become a necessary instrument for every scientist who is doing quantitative work.

    1951, IBM Corp., Proceedings, Computation Seminar, page 13

Translations

Māori tuamatangi, manawa kiore
  • tuamatangithe last breath taken before death
  • manawa kiorethe last breath taken before death
Spanish boqueada
  • boqueadathe last breath taken before death
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dying gasp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dying%20gasp.

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