Definition of "hyperventilate" []

• To breathe abnormally fast or deeply so as to effect hyperventilation. (verb-intransitive)
• To breathe in this manner as from excitement or anxiety. (verb-intransitive)
• To subject to hyperventilation. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Seeing Mr. Hodges hyperventilate is so much fun that I really must think of other ways to upset him."
• "In fact, you should be pissed off about it and you should even "hyperventilate" some."
• "So, Jessica Shaw, do you see a little media hypocrisy here as we all kind of hyperventilate over these pictures but use it as kind of an excuse to cover the story?"