Wheeze
verb
To breathe with difficulty making a whistling sound.
The old man was wheezing after climbing the stairs.
Often appears as...
- wheezing heavily
- start to wheeze
noun
The sound made when someone is wheezing.
The doctor could hear a wheeze in her lungs.
Often appears as...
- hear a wheeze
- loud wheeze
verb
To laugh quietly and breathlessly.
He wheezed with laughter at the joke.
Often appears as...
- wheeze with laughter
- wheeze out a laugh
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A clever scheme or joke.
His latest wheeze is to turn the garage into a pub.
Often appears as...
- latest wheeze
- new wheeze
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
verb
To breathe with difficulty making a whistling sound.
The old man was wheezing after climbing the stairs.
Often appears as...
- wheezing heavily
- start to wheeze
noun
The sound made when someone is wheezing.
The doctor could hear a wheeze in her lungs.
Often appears as...
- hear a wheeze
- loud wheeze
verb
To laugh quietly and breathlessly.
He wheezed with laughter at the joke.
Often appears as...
- wheeze with laughter
- wheeze out a laugh
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A clever scheme or joke.
His latest wheeze is to turn the garage into a pub.
Often appears as...
- latest wheeze
- new wheeze
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Difficulty
Used to describe breathing problems, often due to asthma or exercise.
I started to wheeze after running to catch the bus.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Serious
Can be temporary, like after a short burst of exertion for a healthy person.
She wheezed for a minute after laughing too hard.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Difficulty
Used to describe breathing problems, often due to asthma or exercise.
I started to wheeze after running to catch the bus.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Serious
Can be temporary, like after a short burst of exertion for a healthy person.
She wheezed for a minute after laughing too hard.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Difficulty
Used to describe breathing problems, often due to asthma or exercise.
I started to wheeze after running to catch the bus.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Serious
Can be temporary, like after a short burst of exertion for a healthy person.
She wheezed for a minute after laughing too hard.
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Video examples
Gregg Treinish:...
Damian here is collecting this plant life up at a little tiny granite slab just above camp two on Everest you can see he's really digging for it you can hear him wheezing in the background but this moss that he pulled out of the rocks we knew was there from a previous
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What it's really like to...
with every single emotion one feels at all times. Though of course, I cannot express it that way. Otherwise, let's say, happiness, for example, would come out as a huge burst of gleeful wheezing, hand flapping and loud vocal "woohoos."
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How does asthma work? -...
or a wheeze. Soon, your chest feels tight. Your breathing speeds up and gets shallower, making you feel short of breath. These are common symptoms of an asthma attack. Around the world, more than 300 million people suffer from asthma,
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The story of the manioc...
with the van to the place where the manual house was and when I got into the manual house I've been there many times I've been seeing people doing that wheezing the basket many times when I got into the manual house I thought
Video examples
Gregg Treinish:...
Damian here is collecting this plant life up at a little tiny granite slab just above camp two on Everest you can see he's really digging for it you can hear him wheezing in the background but this moss that he pulled out of the rocks we knew was there from a previous
Video examples
What it's really like to...
with every single emotion one feels at all times. Though of course, I cannot express it that way. Otherwise, let's say, happiness, for example, would come out as a huge burst of gleeful wheezing, hand flapping and loud vocal "woohoos."
Video examples
How does asthma work? -...
or a wheeze. Soon, your chest feels tight. Your breathing speeds up and gets shallower, making you feel short of breath. These are common symptoms of an asthma attack. Around the world, more than 300 million people suffer from asthma,
Video examples
The story of the manioc...
with the van to the place where the manual house was and when I got into the manual house I've been there many times I've been seeing people doing that wheezing the basket many times when I got into the manual house I thought
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Kevin McCloud
British Designer
I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and shambles to bring it to you. Do the same before a cat, and he will eye you with coolly polite and somewhat bored amusement.
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Jane Fallon
English Author
As an adult, I had to accept that I was not a natural distance runner. Anything more than about 400 metres had me gasping and wheezing like a broken accordion.
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Alec Baldwin
American Actor
If Hank Williams Jr. wasn't such a pathetic, wheezing fossil, I'd have a talk with him.
Quote examples
Kevin McCloud
British Designer
I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing.
Quote examples
H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and shambles to bring it to you. Do the same before a cat, and he will eye you with coolly polite and somewhat bored amusement.
Quote examples
Jane Fallon
English Author
As an adult, I had to accept that I was not a natural distance runner. Anything more than about 400 metres had me gasping and wheezing like a broken accordion.
Quote examples
Alec Baldwin
American Actor
If Hank Williams Jr. wasn't such a pathetic, wheezing fossil, I'd have a talk with him.
Example 1 of 4
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