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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
hyperventilate
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All these teeming details justify Hoare's hyperventilating sentences.
▪ Even now, I can't discuss the seating plan without hyperventilating.
▪ He once tried to fly by hyperventilating himself until he was convinced he was lighter than air.
▪ It was one less thing to hyperventilate about.
▪ The problem, in those who hyperventilate, is that they have got into the habit of breathing faster all the time.
▪ This combination of acid-base disturbances may be seen in postoperative patients receiving nasogastric suction who are hyperventilating because of pain and stress.
▪ Who at this point remembers a single moment in the Whitewater hearings that transcended hyperventilating partisanship?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
hyperventilate

hyperventilate \hyperventilate\ v. i. to breathe rapidly and deeply; to breathe excessively; as, The mountain climber started to hyperventilate.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hyperventilate

"breathe deeply and rapidly," 1931, from hyper- + ventilate. Related: Hyperventilated; hyperventilating.

Wiktionary
hyperventilate

vb. To breathe quickly and deeply

WordNet
hyperventilate

  1. v. produce hyperventilation in; "The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient"

  2. breathe excessively hard and fast; "The mountain climber started to hyperventilate"

Usage examples of "hyperventilate".

Since she did not plan to panic and hyperventilate, she was sure she could swim to the beach.

Hyperventilation: anxiety causes some people to hyperventilate, which, in turn, leads perhaps to too much carbon dioxide, dizziness and panic.

College entrance examinations, these caused me to hyperventilate, any dip in my grades.

She felt like she might hyperventilate she felt so hot and her stomach started to feel queasy even though the clock read six-thirty p.

If she hyperventilated, she was going to pass out … again … and as comforting as the thought of oblivion was at the moment, it was far more comforting to know she had a tight grip on Adonis.

Lola started up first, her muscles sluggish, her grasp on the rail weak as if her hands were numb, which Max figured they were because she was hyperventilating real bad now.

I might have given it a try anyway, but beside me Mendoza was hyperventilating, so I just shook my head and focused on my quarry.

Her eyes glazed as she panted, hyperventilating, and I leapt forward to catch her as she fell.

The tri corder was programmed to give her a signal every hour, then at the final thirty minutes, ten minutes, and a big alarm the last minute before the explosion, to give her time to hyperventilate, supersaturate her tissues with oxygen, a last-ditch technique she had discussed with Red bay.

He inhaled and exhaled several times, hyperventilating to purge the carbon dioxide from his system.

Pitt took several deep breaths, hyperventilating to purge the carbon dioxide from his lungs, and then inhaled until every cubic millimeter was filled with oxygen before slipping under the water.

She was hyperventilating, or not getting enough, or something, and she held her breath for a moment to regain her equilibrium.

By that time I was a tad hyperventilated, but I was no longer furious.

If he hyperventilated, I wondered, would I feel compelled to ca11 911?

The tension at the table had grown so unbearable that the faint of heart among Peppy's entourage hyperventilated and had to breathe into paper bags when the meetings adjourned.