'Wheeze' definitions:
Definition of 'wheeze'
(from WordNet)
noun
Breathing with a husky or whistling sound
noun
(Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat"
verb
Breathe with difficulty
Definition of 'Wheeze'
From: GCIDE
- Wheeze \Wheeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wheezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw[=e]san (cf. Icel. hv[ae]sa to hiss, Sw. hv[aum]sa, Dan. hv[ae]se); akin to AS. hw[=o]sta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h[=o]sti, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. k[=a]s. [root]43. Cf. Husky hoarse.] To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wheeze'
From: GCIDE
- Wheeze \Wheeze\, n.
- 1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Phon.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wheeze'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antic,
- Aqua-Lung,
- artificial respiration,
- aspiration,
- assibilate,
- assibilation,
- asthmatic wheeze,
- belly laugh,
- blow,
- blue story,
- break down,
- breath,
- breath of air,
- breathe,
- breathe hard,
- breathe in,
- breathe out,
- breathing,
- broken wind,
- burn out,
- buzz,
- caper,
- collapse,
- cough,
- crack up,
- dirty joke,
- dirty story,
- double entendre,
- droop,
- drop,
- effervesce,
- effervescence,
- effervescing,
- ethnic joke,
- exhalation,
- exhale,
- exhaust,
- expel,
- expiration,
- expire,
- exsufflation,
- faint,
- fatigue,
- fizz,
- fizzle,
- fizzling,
- flag,
- frication,
- frictional rustling,
- frolic,
- fun,
- funny story,
- gag,
- gasp,
- get tired,
- give out,
- good one,
- good story,
- grow weary,
- gulp,
- hack,
- hiccup,
- hiss,
- hissing,
- howler,
- huff,
- hush,
- hushing,
- inhalation,
- inhalator,
- inhale,
- inspiration,
- inspire,
- insufflation,
- iron lung,
- jade,
- jape,
- jest,
- jestbook,
- joke,
- lark,
- laugh,
- lisp,
- monkeyshine,
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
- oxygen mask,
- oxygen tent,
- panic,
- pant,
- peter out,
- play,
- play out,
- point,
- poop out,
- puff,
- puff and blow,
- respiration,
- respire,
- rhonchus,
- rib tickler,
- riot,
- run down,
- run out,
- scream,
- scuba,
- shenanigan,
- shines,
- shush,
- shushing,
- sibilance,
- sibilate,
- sibilation,
- sick joke,
- sidesplitter,
- siffle,
- sigh,
- sight gag,
- sigmatism,
- sink,
- siss,
- sissing,
- sizz,
- sizzle,
- sizzling,
- sneeze,
- sneezing,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snoring,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuffle,
- spit,
- splutter,
- sport,
- sputter,
- squash,
- squelch,
- squish,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- story,
- succumb,
- suspiration,
- swish,
- tire,
- trick,
- visual joke,
- weary,
- whish,
- whisper,
- whistle,
- whistling,
- white noise,
- whiz,
- whoosh,
- wilt,
- wind,
- wow,
- yarn,
- zip