[hweez, weez] 
verb, wheezed, wheez⋅ing, noun | 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. |
| 3. | a wheezing breath or sound. |
| 4. | an old and frequently used joke, saying, story, etc. |
| wheeze (hwēz, wēz) v. wheezed, wheez·ing, wheez·es v. intr.
To produce or utter with a hoarse whistling sound: The old locomotive wheezed steam. n.
[Middle English whesen, probably from Old Norse hvæsa, to hiss; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.] wheez'er n., wheez'ing·ly adv. |
wheeze (wēz)
v. wheezed, wheez·ing, wheez·es
To breathe with difficulty, producing a hoarse whistling sound. n.
A wheezing sound.