lungful
noun
lungful is a noun meaning “As much as the lungs will hold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-U-N-G-F-U-L, and it appears about once in every 37 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of lungful is lungfuls or lungsful.
What does lungful mean?
noun
- 1
As much as the lungs will hold.
The diver took in lungfuls of air as he returned to the surface.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of lungful
- lungfuls plural
- lungsful plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lungful?
Lungful appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does lungful come from?
From lung + -ful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).