wheezer

intransitive verb wheezed, wheezing

1. to breathe hard with a whistling, breathy sound, as in asthma
2. 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

noun

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