Wheeze

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To breathe with difficulty, producing a hoarse whistling sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a sound resembling laborious breathing.
  • v. To produce or utter with a hoarse whistling sound: The old locomotive wheezed steam.
  • n. A wheezing sound.
  • n. Informal An old joke.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
  • n. An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
  • n. An ulterior scheme or plan
  • n. Something very humorous or laughable.
  • v. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
  • n. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To breathe hard; puff and blow; breathe with difficulty and audibly.
  • n. A puffing or blowing, especially as in labored breathing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. breathing with a husky or whistling sound
  • n. (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
  • v. breathe with difficulty
  • Verb Form
    wheezed    wheezes    wheezing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Form
    wheezed    wheezing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    breathe    joke   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    whoosh    sneeze    whimper    gasp    snore    chortle    grunt    croak    gurgle    whir