Wheeze - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|wiːz|
Brit.
|wiːz|
noun
- breathing with a husky or whistling sound
- (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
- (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat
verb
- breathe with difficulty
Extra examples
He was up all night hacking and wheezing.
The car's motor wheezed and stalled.
Between gasps and wheezes, he tried to explain what had happened.
We can count on him for a good wheeze.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: wheeze
he/she/it: wheezes
present participle: wheezing
past tense: wheezed
past participle: wheezed
I/you/we/they: wheeze
he/she/it: wheezes
present participle: wheezing
past tense: wheezed
past participle: wheezed
noun
singular: wheeze
plural: wheezes
singular: wheeze
plural: wheezes
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