1. gulping
1. I was gulping for air, like a fish out of water.
2. Lindsay Lohan has been gulping down cups of organic tea which contains a small trace of alcohol.
3. Kim's shoulders were heaving, his mouth open and moving as if he were gulping air and sobbing.
noun
1. a spasmodic reflex of the throat made as if in swallowing
Synonym: gulp
2. the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly