wheezed
Use Wheezed in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound: Asthma caused him to wheeze.
2.
to make a sound resembling difficult breathing: The old locomotive wheezed into the station.
noun
3.
a wheezing breath or sound.
4.
an old and frequently used joke, saying, story, etc.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English whese (v.), probably < Old Norse hvæsa to hiss
1425–75; late Middle English whese (v.), probably < Old Norse hvæsa to hiss
Related forms
wheez·er, noun
wheez·ing·ly, adverb
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wheeze (wiːz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to breathe or utter (something) with a rasping or whistling sound |
| 2. | (intr) to make or move with a noise suggestive of wheezy breathing |
| —n | |
| 3. | a husky, rasping, or whistling sound or breathing |
| 4. | slang (Brit) a trick, idea, or plan (esp in the phrase good wheeze) |
| 5. | informal a hackneyed joke or anecdote |
| [C15: probably from Old Norse hvǣsa to hiss] | |
| 'wheezer | |
| —n | |
| 'wheezy | |
| —adj | |
| 'wheezily | |
| —adv | |
| 'wheeziness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
wheeze
c.1460, probably from a Scand. source (cf. O.N. hvoesa "to hiss," Dan. hvæse) cognate with O.E. hwæst "act of blowing," hwosan "to cough," from an imitative base. The noun is first recorded 1834.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
wheeze (wēz)
v. wheezed, wheez·ing, wheez·es
To breathe with difficulty, producing a hoarse whistling sound. n.
A wheezing sound.
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Example sentences
The smell of his foot was strong and the two of them wheezed through their mouths.
He wheezed and shook his head, beads of sweat forming in the folds of skin under his eyes.
Physical security has wheezed along ever since, and so has much of the security training for that matter.
It wheezed a bit, too, usually after sparking for a brief moment.
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