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wheeze
[ weez, hweez ]
verb (used without object)
- to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound:
Asthma caused him to wheeze.
- to make a sound resembling difficult breathing:
The old locomotive wheezed into the station.
noun
- a wheezing breath or sound.
- an old and frequently used joke, saying, story, etc.
wheeze
/ wiːz /
verb
- to breathe or utter (something) with a rasping or whistling sound
- intr to make or move with a noise suggestive of wheezy breathing
noun
- a husky, rasping, or whistling sound or breathing
- slang.a trick, idea, or plan (esp in the phrase good wheeze )
- informal.a hackneyed joke or anecdote
Derived Forms
- ˈwheezer, noun
- ˈwheezy, adjective
- ˈwheezily, adverb
- ˈwheeziness, noun
Other Words From
- wheez·er noun
- wheez·ing·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of wheeze1
Word History and Origins
Origin of wheeze1
Example Sentences
Some 41 percent of allergy-free and wheeze-free children had grown up in such allergen and bacteria-rich homes.
Many sniffle and wheeze antidotes are in the list of the 100 most frequently prescribed medications in 2013.
She was so weak in the chest you could hear her wheeze as far as you could see her.
Landry disappeared behind the curtains and in a moment Fred heard the wheeze of an atomizer.
There is every variety of this music, from the low wheeze of the asthmatic, to the stentorian grunt of the corpulent and profound.
I jumped him three times before I could get a fair shot at him, and could hear him wheeze every time I came near him.
I plainly heard the wheeze of blood in its throat, and the sound, like a death-rattle, affected me powerfully.
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