Ok? Passing air through your windpipe is not breathing.
A case could be make for your "last gasp"? Where you exhale the last air from your lungs but are unable to breathe in. But you'd only be able to say "I can't breathe" once. So saying it 7-8 times shows air is going in & out of your lungs, yes? What do you call air going into and out of one's lungs? Maybe... breathing?

I say, again, that restricted or difficulty breathings is a very serious condition. People will rightfully say "I can't breathe" when in that state. But you don't break out the tracheotomy knife while the person is still talking, ok?