v.
breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages.
▸(of a device) make an irregular rattling or spluttering sound.
n.
- a sound of a person wheezing.
- Brit. informal a clever or amusing scheme or trick.
Derivative
- wheezer n.
- wheezing adj.
- wheezingly adv.
Etymology
ME: prob. from ON hvæsa ‘to hiss’.
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