outhale en · VERB
Etymology
Blend of out + inhale.
Meanings
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(nonstandard, rare) To exhale.
"Inhale, outhale," a skinny black man in a dirty white T-shirt chants. "Inhale, outhale."
2002, Jana Abrams Karam, Into the Breach: A Year of Life and Death with EMS, page 237:How it worked was, for those few brief seconds, you stopped thinking "inhale, outhale" and instead you thought, "Dig it! That sure is a groooooooovy tune!"
2006, Vaguen, Chris Gibbs, T. J. Dawe, The Power of Ignorance: 14 Steps to Using Your Ignorance, page 27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outhaling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outhaled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outhaled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outhales | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |