lung-busting

1 8.6

Very hard exercise that makes you breathe heavily

adjective

Slang

: agotador

After a lung-busting game of basketball, they needed a long break to recover.

Examples

That was a lung-busting workout!
His lung-busting workout left him gasping for air after the final sprint.
His lung-busting effort helped the team secure a crucial victory.
She takes on lung-busting hikes every weekend to stay in shape.
The final mile of the race was a truly lung-busting challenge for the runners.
Wow, what a lung-busting game!
The lung-busting hike up the mountain tested the limits of their endurance.

Synonyms

ripsnorting

vslung-busting

8.6

Very exciting and full of loud, strong action

is about intense physical effort rather than merely exciting energy

Antonyms

easy

1 1.0

In a calm, relaxed way and without much effort

How Strenuous

lung-busting

Slang

1 8.6

strenuous

34 4.9

demanding

4.1

moderate

415 3.3

easy

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

lung-busting positive

Morphology

lung-busting = lung + bust (transparent) = lung + bust + ing

Formed by compounding 'lung' with the present-participle 'busting' (from 'bust' + -ing); the meaning 'extremely strenuous' is a clear hyperbolic extension of 'bust the lungs'.

Etymology

Lung-busting joins lung ('breathing organ') and bust ('to break' or 'to strain'), giving the sharp image of something that makes your lungs work so hard they might 'burst'. That's why lung-busting describes very hard physical activity that leaves you breathing heavily.