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OUT OF BREATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does out of breath mean? 

OUT OF BREATH (adjective)
  The adjective OUT OF BREATH has 1 sense:

1. breathing laboriously or convulsively

  Familiarity information: OUT OF BREATH used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OUT OF BREATH (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Breathing laboriously or convulsively

Synonyms:

gasping; out of breath; panting; pursy; short-winded; winded; blown

Similar:

breathless; dyspneal; dyspneic; dyspnoeal; dyspnoeic (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty)


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