last gasp noun 3last-gasp adjective 1forms 1 noun3 •The final gasp or breath a person takes before death.Now the murdered man is drawing his last gasp. — 1932 •The point of death, or the last period of one's life.Such as feare God shall be strengthened to stand against all assaults of Satan; yea they shal continue and stand stedfast vnto the end, euen to the last gasp. — 1585 •(figurative) The point at which something disappears or is destroyed; a last-gasp moment, attempt, etc.Me thinks, (my Lord) you are grown something solemn on the sudden; since your Monopolies and Patents, which made your purse swell like a wet spunge, have been reduc’d to th’ last gasp. — 1654 last-gasp adjective1 •(informal) Happening at the very end of an event.Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years. — 2012 formslast gasps
