short-winded

Definition of Short-winded in English :

1. blown, pursy, short-winded, winded

breathing laboriously or convulsively

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Short-winded

adjective

1.

tending to run out of breath, esp after exertion

2.

(of speech or writing) terse or abrupt

adjective

1.

easily put out of breath by exertion

2.

breathing with quick, labored breaths

3.

brief, often overly or undesirably so

said of speech or writing

adj.

1. Breathing with quick labored breaths.

2. Likely to have difficulty in breathing, especially from exertion.

3. Brief and succinct.

4. Choppy; disconnected.