pursy

Questions about pursy

What does pursy mean?

pursy means "breathing laboriously or convulsively".

How many syllables are in pursy?

pursy has 2 syllables: pur-sy. The stress falls on "pur".

What is another word for pursy?

Close synonyms include blown, short-winded, winded. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pursy a common word?

pursy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.