Wheeze : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Wheeze	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Wheeze
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wheeze n breathing with a husky or whistling sound (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat" v breathe with difficulty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wheeze \Wheeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wheezed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wheezing}.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw[?]san (cf. Icel. hv[91]sa to hiss, Sw. hv[84]sa, Dan. hv[91]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. [bd]Wheezing lungs.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wheeze \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 [bd]stage whisper.[b8] It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.