Wheeze Definition & Meaning

Wheeze meaning

Wheeze verb

/wiːz/

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense wheezes, present participle wheezing, past tense, past participle wheezed

  If you wheeze, you breathe with difficulty and make a high, rough noise.

We could hear the old man behind us wheezing.
Since Dua started exercising regularly, she no longer wheezes when she runs for a train.
She had quite serious problems with her chest and wheezed and coughed all the time.


Synonyms & Similar Words

gasp whistle cough pant puff hyperventilate snuffle
be out of breath


Wheeze noun

  the high, whistling sound that one's chest makes when he/she cannot breathe easily

Between gasps and wheezes, she tried to explain what had happened.

  a clever idea, trick, or joke

Justin came up with a clever wheeze.
We can count on her for a good wheeze.


Synonyms & Similar Words

trick plan idea scheme

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