verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To breathe quickly and deeply, especially at an abnormally rapid rate. intransitive

   "When I tried it, I hyperventilated."

2. 2
   breathe excessively hard and fast wordnet
3. 3
   produce hyperventilation in wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

overbreatheoverbreathe

Example

More examples

"Be careful not to hyperventilate."

Etymology

From hyper- + ventilate.

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