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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.
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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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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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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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