wheeze /ʍiːz/noun 5verb 3forms 3 noun5 •A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. •A sound that resembles a human wheezing.At the same time I felt them fall over my brows — time to get a cut — the engine gave a final wheeze and died. — 2016 •(UK, informal) An ulterior scheme or plan.Didn’t catch me napping that wheeze. — 1922 •An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone. •(slang) Something very humorous or laughable.The new comedy is a wheeze.You think you're going to win? That's a real wheeze! verb3 •To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.If the air smelled even faintly of dog, Lionel coughed, wheezed and sneezed. — 2001 •To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing."Even the fish know it; they don't rise to the bait any more and the birds are scared - hear how they wheeze and cry as they seek the land." — 1886 •(slang) To convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing.Mrs. Hearty began to shake and wheeze with laughter, and Millie stood looking at Bindle. — 1932 formswheezed · wheezing · wheezes
