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Definition of Wheeze

1. Noun. Breathing with a husky or whistling sound.

2. Verb. Breathe with difficulty.

3. Noun. (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick. "A clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat"

Definition of Wheeze

1. v. i. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

2. n. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

3. v. i. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

4. n. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

Definition of Wheeze

1. to breathe with a whistling sound [v WHEEZED, WHEEZING, WHEEZES]

Medical Definition of Wheeze

1. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." Origin: OE. Whesen, AS. Hwsan (cf. Icel. Hvaesa to hiss, Sw. Hvasa, Dan. Hvaese); akin to AS. Hwsta a cough, D. Hoest, G. Husten, OHG. Huosto, Icel. Hsti, Lith. Kosti to cough, Skr. Ks. Cf. Husky hoarse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wheeze

wheeped wheeping wheeple wheepled wheeples wheepling wheeps wheesh wheeshed wheeshes

wheeshing wheesht wheeshted wheeshts wheeze (current term) wheeze (current term) wheezed wheezer wheezers wheezes

wheezier wheeziest wheezily wheeziness wheezinesses wheezing wheezing wheezingly wheezings wheezle

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