'Short-winded' definitions:

Definition of 'short-winded'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: blown, pursy, short-winded, winded]

Definition of 'Short-winded'

From: GCIDE
  • Short-winded \Short"-wind`ed\, a. Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. --May. [1913 Webster]