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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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[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. 
 
  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  ``stage  whisper.''  It  is  a 
  forcible  whisper  with  some  admixture  of  tone. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wheeze 
  n  1:  breathing  with  a  husky  or  whistling  sound 
  2:  a  humorous  anecdote  or  remark  [syn:  {joke},  {gag},  {laugh}, 
  {jest},  {jape},  {yak}] 
  v  :  breathe  with  difficulty




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