short-winded
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See also: shortwinded
Pronunciation
Adjective
short-winded (comparative more short-winded, superlative most short-winded)
- Out of breath, gasping for air; breathing rapidly, or given to becoming short of breath.
- (figuratively) Hasty, breathless; rushed.
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 8:
- it is […] what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and shortwinded elations of men.
- Concise and to the point (opposite of long-winded).
Derived terms
- short-windedness
Translations
concise and to the point
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