Meaning of WHEEZE
| Pronunciation: | | weez
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- [n] breathing with a husky or whistling sound
- [n] a humorous anecdote or remark
- [v] breathe with difficulty
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| | Synonyms: | | gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh, yak |
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| | See Also: | | belly laugh, blue joke, blue story, breathe, breathing, dirty joke, dirty story, ethnic joke, external respiration, funny story, gag line, good story, howler, humor, humour, in-joke, laugh line, one-liner, punch line, respiration, respire, riot, scream, shaggy dog story, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, suspire, tag line, take a breath, thigh-slapper, ventilation, visual joke, wit, witticism, wittiness, wow | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Wheeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wheezed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Wheezing}.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw?san (cf. Icel. hv[ae]sa to
hiss, Sw. hv["a]sa, Dan. hv[ae]se); akin to AS. hw?sta a
cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h?sti, Lith.
kosti to cough, Skr. k?s. [root]43. Cf. {Husky} hoarse.]
To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling
sound, as persons affected with asthma. ``Wheezing lungs.''
--Shak.
\Wheeze\, n.
1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult
respiration.
2. (Phon.) 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.
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| | Definition: | | A wheeze is the production of a high pitch sound that can be heard during expiration. It is due to constriction of the small airways of the bronchial tree, such as during an asthmatic attack. |
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