"last gasp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: last gasps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} last gasp (plural last gasps)
  1. The last gasp or breath a person takes before death. Derived forms: last-gasp Translations (a person's last breath before dying): শ্বাস (śśaś) (Bengali), viimeinen henkäys (Finnish), dernier souffle [masculine] (French), dernier soupir [masculine] (French), manawa kiore (Maori), ostatnie tchnienie [neuter] (Polish), ostatnie podrygi [nonvirile] (Polish), último suspiro [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-last_gasp-en-noun-4vHwmczx Disambiguation of "a person's last breath before dying": 86 8 6
  2. (by extension) The point of death, or the last period of one's life. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Death Translations (the final moment or days of one's life): ostatnie podrygi [nonvirile] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-last_gasp-en-noun-CW23GcAn Disambiguation of Death: 30 47 24 Disambiguation of "the final moment or days of one's life": 4 77 20
  3. (figurative) A last-gasp moment, attempt, etc. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-last_gasp-en-noun-EuHgFaIE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 2 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 3 65 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 32 3 65

Inflected forms

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