wheeze
verb (used without object)
to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound.
wheezer
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a word derived from
wheeze.
Example Sentences
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Loaded with Bourboule cash and blessed with a sharp eye for not-too-sick selling platers, Bruneau bought a four-year-old bay named Pyrame, a short-winded chronic wheezer with an unimpressive record on the track.
From Time Magazine Archive
The four-year-old Farad which Aly sold him turned out to be a wheezer, said the plaintiff, and he wanted his money back.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I do like a bit of good music at service, and Best himself couldn't make anything of that old wheezer we've got now."
From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett
Yes, heard there's a pretty good show on at the Frivolity—Beastly cold on top of this old wheezer.
From Adventures of a Despatch Rider by William Henry Lowe Watson
A minute later I heard that our old wheezer wouldn't start at all, and there it was, as though a special Providence had ordered it.
From The Man Who Drove the Car by Sir Max Pemberton
