second wind

2 definitions found

second wind - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  second wind
      n 1: 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"
      2: the return of relatively easy breathing after initial
         exhaustion during continuous exertion

second wind - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "second wind":
     new birth, palingenesis, palingenesy, reanimation, rebirth,
     recrudescence, refreshment, regeneracy, regenerateness,
     regeneration, regenesis, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, renaissance,
     renascence, renewal, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation,
     revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification,
     second youth