Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun second_wind

2 senses of second wind

Sense 1
second wind -- (renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking; "She had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting"; "the employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind")
       => energy, push, get-up-and-go -- (enterprising or ambitious drive; "Europeans often laugh at American energy")

Sense 2
second wind -- (the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion)
       => breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation -- (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)