Sound of astonishment
The crossword clue "Sound of astonishment" is answered by GASP, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GASP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GASP answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GASP
Every other clue in this collection answered by GASP, most used first.
- Sound of surprise - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- React in horror - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Shocked reaction - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound of shock - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Pant - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Shocked sound - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- [I'm shocked!] - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Have a sudden inspiration? - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Struggle for air - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch one's breath - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
- Startled sound - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- [OMG!] - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Show surprise - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Inhale suddenly - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Quick intake of breath - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Show shock - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Sound of fright - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Surprised sound - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Huff and puff - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Breathe laboriously - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Quick inhalation - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp intake of breath - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Struggle for breath - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Sudden inspiration - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Fight for air - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Sound astonished - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch the breath. - used 7 times, most recently in 1962
- Express surprise - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Inhale in astonishment - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Recover from a sprint - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Sound frightened - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Fight for breath - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- [Horrors!] - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- (Oh my!) - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- React in shock - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Shocked response - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Canyon sound - ECHO, used 202 times
- Throat-clearing sound - AHEM, used 180 times
- Scissors sound - SNIP, used 135 times
- High-five sound - SLAP, used 132 times
- Horn sound - TOOT, used 132 times
- Attention-getting sound - PSST, used 120 times
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