wheeze
IPA: wˈiz
noun
- A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
- An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
- (Britain, Ireland, informal) An ulterior scheme or plan.
- (slang) Something very humorous or laughable.
- A sound that resembles a human wheezing.
verb
- To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
- (slang) To convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing.
- To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing.
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Examples of "wheeze" in Sentences
- Hey, give us a wheeze on that fag.
- A special type of wheeze is stridor.
- There may also be an audible wheeze.
- Chock full of dreadful asthmatic wheezes.
- On auscultation of the lungs, wheezes are heard.
- Because of his short nose, the Chihuahua tends to wheeze and snore.
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