Available Definitions:
1) n. - A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.
2) v. i. - To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
3) n. - The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
4) n. - Any sorrowful cry or sound.