Hyperventilate

2 definitions found

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

  hyperventilate \hyperventilate\ v. i.
     to breathe rapidly and deeply; to breathe excessively; as,
     The mountain climber started to hyperventilate.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hyperventilate
       v 1: produce hyperventilation in; "The nurses had to
            hyperventilate the patient"
       2: breathe excessively hard and fast; "The mountain climber
          started to hyperventilate"