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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Gasped

I am reading a book "What was it like?" with my 6 year old.
"We've come back to the war," gasped Chip.
suddenly there was a long wailing sound.
I checked dictionaries but still not sure about the meaning of "gasped" and "wailing sound" in the given context.
  

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com/dictionary/english/gasp The definition of 'wail' there was pretty sound, too.

  • com/dictionary/english/gasp The definition of 'wail' there was pretty sound, too.
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JigneshbharatiI checked dictionaries but still not sure about the meaning of "gasped" a

In the first dictionary I checked at www.onelook.com I found :


(transitive; often foll by out)

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