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(hwēz, wēz)

intransitive verb wheezed, wheezing

to breathe hard with a whistling, breathy sound, as in asthma
to make a sound like this: the old organ wheezed

Origin: ME whesen < ON hvæsa, to hiss < IE base *wes-, to wheeze, snort > L queri, to lament

transitive verb

to utter with a sound of wheezing

noun

an act or sound of wheezing
Slang an overworked or trite remark, joke, or gag

Related Forms:

wheezer noun
wheezingly adverb

See wheeze in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb wheezed wheezed, wheez·ing, wheez·es

verb, intransitive

To breathe with difficulty, producing a hoarse whistling sound.
To make a sound resembling laborious breathing.

verb, transitive

To produce or utter with a hoarse whistling sound: The old locomotive wheezed steam.

noun

A wheezing sound.
Informal An old joke.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English whesen

Origin: , probably from Old Norse hvǽsa, to hiss; see kwes- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

wheezˈer noun

wheezˈing·ly adverb

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