Short-winded

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Short-winded \Short"-wind`ed\, a.
     Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult
     respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. --May.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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