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Meaning of 'wheeze' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wheeze [ n.]
- A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
- 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.
2 . Wheeze [ v. i.]
- To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

Meaning of 'wheeze' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wheeze [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
Example in sentence:
  • a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat

Nearby Words:

wheal whealworm wheat wheatbird wheatear wheaten wheatsel bird wheatstone's bridge wheatworm wheder

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