lungful

noun

lungful

noun

Etymology From lung + -ful.

1

As much as the lungs will hold.

  • The diver took in lungfuls of air as he returned to the surface.
  • For there are many kinds of freedom, not just the ones that involve surf and lungfuls of fresh air.2014, Rebecca Ley, “City versus country childhoods”, in The Guardian, +201 December 2014:

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