pursy

/ˈpʌrsi/
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Other forms: pursily

Definitions of pursy
  1. adjective
    breathing laboriously or convulsively
    synonyms: blown, short-winded, winded
    breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic
    not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
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