lungful

Etymology

lung + -ful

noun

  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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