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What is "short-winded"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Short-winded

Short-winded \Short"-wind`ed\, a. Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons.
--May.

Wiktionary
short-winded

a. 1 out of breath, gasping for air; breathing rapidly, or given to becoming short of breath. 2 (context figuratively English) hasty, breathless; rushed. 3 concise and to the point (opposite of long-winded).

WordNet
short-winded

adj. breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: blown, gasping, out of breath(p), panting, pursy, winded]

Usage examples of "short-winded".

He could almost hear the old soldier’s warning, ‘If’n y’ don’t git no exersize a-tall fer three straight days, yer a-gonna stort gittin’ flabby an’ short-winded.