misinhale

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ inhale

Verb

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

1. To have trouble when inhaling.
   • 1976, The New Review - Volume 3, Issues 31-36 -, page 72:

     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'.

   • 1979, Peter Collier, Downriver, page 234:

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

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

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