Thesaurus: wheeze

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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. n. 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.
4. n. breathing with a husky or whistling sound
5. n. (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
6. v. breathe with difficulty
7. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." Shak. 1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. 2. (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.
8. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound,as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." Shak.
9. n:26/v:74 n. breathing with a husky or whistling sound n. (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick v. breathe with difficulty