wheeze Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun breathing with a husky or whistling sound
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noun (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
- a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat
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verb breathe with difficulty
WordNet
Wheeze intransitive verb
Etymology
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To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." Shak.
Wheeze noun
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A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. -
(Phon.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.