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Word: Hyperventilate
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌhʌɪpəˈvɛntɪleɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
breathe at an abnormally rapid rate, so increasing the rate of loss of carbon dioxide
Short Definition:breathe or cause to breathe at abnormally rapid rate
Examples:- she started to hyperventilate under stress
Definition:
be or become overexcited
Short Definition:be or become overexcited
Examples:- he was hyperventilating about a minor newspaper story
- it was one less thing to hyperventilate about
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