as in to gasp
to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty
he was so nervous he began hyperventilating, and the extra oxygen made him dizzy
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Juliana Peres Magalhães, the nanny for a suburban Virginia family who pleaded guilty to manslaughter last month in a double homicide case, can be seen hyperventilating in new police body camera footage from the Fairfax County Police Department.
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024
Learning that Simone Biles attended her gold-medal-winning performance in the long jump, 25-year-old Tara Davis-Woodhall combusted, sounding like a hyperventilating teenager.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
Wall Street has been hyperventilating over Nvidia and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
—Howard Yu, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
But as the huge company hyperventilates over the landmark decision and the possibility of a Ma Bell-type breakup, many of the marketers that feed the tech titan’s online advertising coffers are maintaining a relative calm.
—Adriana Lee, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2024
Learning that Simone Biles attended her gold-medal-winning performance in the long jump, 25-year-old Tara Davis-Woodhall combusted, sounding like a hyperventilating teenager.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
Wall Street has been hyperventilating over Nvidia and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
—Howard Yu, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
But as the huge company hyperventilates over the landmark decision and the possibility of a Ma Bell-type breakup, many of the marketers that feed the tech titan’s online advertising coffers are maintaining a relative calm.
—Adriana Lee, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Hyperventilate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperventilate. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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