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wheeze

[hweez, weez] verb, wheezed, wheez⋅ing, noun
–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 ME whese (v.), prob. < ON hvæsa to hiss


wheezer, noun
wheez⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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wheeze   (hwēz, wēz)   
v.   wheezed, wheez·ing, wheez·es

v.   intr.
  1. To breathe with difficulty, producing a hoarse whistling sound.

  2. To make a sound resembling laborious breathing.

v.   tr.
To produce or utter with a hoarse whistling sound: The old locomotive wheezed steam.
n.  
  1. A wheezing sound.

  2. Informal An old joke.


[Middle English whesen, probably from Old Norse hvæsa, to hiss; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.]
wheez'er n., wheez'ing·ly adv.
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Main Entry: 1wheeze
Pronunciation: 'hwEz, 'wEz
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: wheezed; wheez·ing
: tobreathe with difficulty usually with a whistling sound

Main Entry: 2wheeze
Function: noun
: a sibilant whistling sound caused by difficult or obstructed respiration
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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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