catch one's breath
gasp
breathless
grab some air
gasper
breathhold
breathlessly
pant
breath-catchingly
whiff
sigh
breathlessness
outbreathe
take a deep breath
shell shock
gaspiness
breathed
oh my gods
breathily
stupefaction
ay, chihuahua
breathe out
stun
outhale
jar
querk
land
suspire
expire
gape
breathe
jolt
bruh
breathtakingly
skrik
wild out
pog
short-winded
by hell
huff
stertorously
holy damn
have one's wig snatched
outbreath
jaw-dropper
lose one's shit
snirt
thunderstriking
zoiks
blow
puff
suffering Sappho
and
good grief
sharply
heavens above
hiccup
shocklike
yawn
breathingly
windless
underbreath
shake
oh
hiccough
take aback
nonshock
aspiration
cor
gaspy
glow
upshock
rocky
shocky
reel
freak
outbreathing
chiller
startle
sigh of relief
downshock
footshock
sneeze
inbreath
winded
yowzers
breathless
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thunderstriking
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jolt
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and
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upshock
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chiller
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downshock
inbreath
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gasp
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pant
whiff
sigh
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take a deep breath
shell shock
breathe out
stun
outhale
jar
querk
suspire
expire
gape
breathe
jolt
wild out
pog
huff
have one's wig snatched
lose one's shit
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sneeze
verb
- To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
- Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
- To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
- To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
- To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
- To heave, as the breast.
noun
verb
- To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
- To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
- To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
- To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
- Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
- To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
- To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
- To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
- To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
- To shoot (someone) with a firearm; hence, to assassinate or kill (someone).
- To smell; to sniff.
- To fail spectacularly.
- In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
- To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
adj
intj
noun
- A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
- A flag used as a signal.
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
- The name of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
- A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
- A slight attack or touch.
- A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
- A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
- A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
- A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
- From the batter's perspective: a strike.
- An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
verb
- To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
- To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
- To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
- To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
- To lament; to grieve.
- To make a sound like sighing.
noun
- A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
- A person who is bored.
- a manifestation of grief; a lament.
intj
verb
verb
verb
verb
- To shock or surprise.
- To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- To harm or injure by such action.
- To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
- To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- To preserve (food) in a jar.
noun
- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
- The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
- A jar and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
- A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
- A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
- An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- A sense of alarm or dismay.
- A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
- A pint glass
noun
- A shock or fright.
- The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
- lant; urine
- The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
- Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
- On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
- realm, domain.
- In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
- A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.
- The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
- A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
- The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
- A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
- A country or region.
- The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
verb
- To succeed in having sexual relations with; to score
- (of a blow) To deliver.
- To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
- To come into rest.
- To arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.
- To acquire; to secure.
- To go down well with an audience.
- To bring to land.
- (of a punch) To connect
- To capture or arrest.
verb
- To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
- To open wide; to display a gap.
- To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.
- To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity.
- To stare in wonder.
noun
verb
- To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.
- To inspire (scripture).
- To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
- To live.
- To exercise; to tire by brisk exercise.
- To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
- To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
- To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).
- To whisper quietly.
- To give an impression of, to exude.
- To expel air from the lungs, exhale.
- To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.
- To draw something into the lungs.
- To exchange gases with the environment.
- To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.
noun
prep_phrase
verb
- To breathe heavily.
- To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
- To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
- To enlarge; to swell up.
- To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
- To say in a huffy manner.
- To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
noun
noun
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
- an impact (as from a collision)
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
- a strong current of air
- street names for cocaine
verb
- exhale hard
- be blowing or storming
- free of obstruction by blowing air through
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- make a sound as if blown
- shape by blowing
- be inadequate or objectionable
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- spend lavishly or wastefully on
- sound by having air expelled through a tube
- play or sound a wind instrument
- provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- cause air to go in, on, or through
- cause to move by means of an air current
- spout moist air from the blowhole
- leave; informal or rude
- deposit eggs (of insects)
- cause to be revealed and jeopardized
- show off
- allow to regain its breath
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- burst suddenly
noun
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a short light gust of air
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- thick cushion used as a seat
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
verb
- smoke and exhale strongly
- suck in or take (air)
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- make proud or conceited
- praise extravagantly
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- blow hard and loudly
adj
noun
verb
conj
- Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
- If; provided that.
- Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
- connecting two well-formed formulas to create a well formed formula that requires the new formula to only be true when each of the two are true.
- Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes.
- Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
- Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
- Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
- Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
- Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
- Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
- Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
- Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, go and try.
noun
- A shock or disturbance.
- A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
- The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
- A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
- Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
- An adulterant added to cocaine powder.
- A milkshake.
- A fissure in rock or earth.
- A shook of staves and headings.
- A basic wooden shingle made from split logs, traditionally used for roofing etc.
- A twitch, a spasm, a tremor.
- Instant, second. (Especially in two shakes.)
- One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
- The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
- A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
- In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
- A thin shingle.
verb
- To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
- To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion.
- To dance.
- To lose, evade, or get rid of (something).
- To threaten to overthrow.
- To disturb emotionally; to shock.
- To be agitated; to lose firmness.
- To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly.
- To shake hands.
- To move from side to side.
- To move (one's head) from side to side, especially to indicate refusal, reluctance, or disapproval.
intj
- Expression of surprise.
- A word to precede an added comment or afterthought.
- A word to precede an offhand or annoyed remark.
- An invocation or address (similar to the vocative in languages with noun declension), often with a term of endearment.
- Expression of wonder, amazement, or awe.
- Expression of understanding, affirmation, recognition, or realization.
- Expression of pain. See ouch.
- Expression of mild scepticism.
- A word to mark a spoken phrase as imaginary.
- Exclamation for drama or emphasis (often poetic).
- Space filler or extra syllable, especially in (popular) music.
noun
- the letter O, o (more commonly spelled o)
- An utterance of oh; a spoken expression of surprise, acknowledgement, etc.
- the digit 0 (especially in representations of speech)
verb
verb
- To display intense emotion.
- To be related to or part of an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
- to create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.
- To shine brightly and steadily.
- To emit light as if heated.
- To gaze especially passionately at something.
- to expose someone to the authorities.
- To make hot; to flush.
- To feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.
- To radiate thermal heat.
noun
adj
- Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
- In the style of rock music.
- Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- Like a rock; rigid, solid.
- Having a habitat around or on rocks.
- Easily rocked; unstable.
- Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
verb
- To be in shock.
- To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
- To wind on a reel.
- To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
- To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
- To make or cause to reel.
- To spin or revolve repeatedly.
- To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
- To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
noun
- A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
- A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
- A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
- A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
- A shaky or unsteady gait.
verb
- To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure.
- To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use.
adj
noun
- A drug addict.
- A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance due to a severe medical condition (originally, a freak of nature); later extended to meaning a person who is extremely abnormal in social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (e.g., "circus freak"); a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.
- An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
- A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (117.934 kilos).
- A very sexually perverse individual.
- A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
- A fellow; a petulant young man.
- A hippie.
adj
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