misinhale

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verb

To have trouble when inhaling.

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Meanings

verbmisinhale (third-person singular simple present misinhales, present participle misinhaling, simple past and past participle misinhaled)

present singular third person misinhales · participle present misinhaling · participle past misinhaled · past misinhaled

  1. To have trouble when inhaling.

    She misinhaled and got lost for a moment in a storm of coughing.

    1979, Peter Collier, Downriver, page 234
    2 more examples

    The So-it-goes motif from Slaughterhouse 5, which had half Haight Ashbury misinhaling at the raw truthfulness of its recurrence, pops up in an even more irritating form, 'Hi ho'.

    1976, The New Review - Volume 3, Issues 31-36 -, page 72

    She had not smoked pot in a dozen years, but she toked smoothly as ever. No misinhaling.

    1997, Chris K. James, A Fling With a Demon Lover, page 102

Origin

From mis- + inhale.

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APA

misinhale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misinhale

MLA

“misinhale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misinhale. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misinhale,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misinhale.

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