hyperventilate
pronunciation
How to pronounce hyperventilate in British English:
UK [ˌhaɪpəˈventɪleɪt]
How to pronounce hyperventilate in American English:
US [ˌhaɪpərˈventɪleɪt]
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- Verb:
- produce hyperventilation in
- breathe excessively hard and fast
Word Origin
- hyperventilate (v.)
- "breathe deeply and rapidly," 1931, from hyper- + ventilate. Related: Hyperventilated; hyperventilating.
Example
- 1. People often hold their breath , or take in too much oxygen and hyperventilate .
- 2. The mountain climber started to hyperventilate .
- 3. What are you doing ? I started to hyperventilate .
- 4. When they brought me back to consciousness after the surgery , I started to sob and hyperventilate .
- 5. " We hyperventilate about a lot of things at 4sight , but not about china , " he says .