To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.
To laugh loudly.
To be formed into a kink or twist.
To form a kink or twist.
A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
To lament; to grieve.
To make a sound like sighing.
A person who is bored.
A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
a manifestation of grief; a lament.
An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.