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wheeze

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: wheeze

1
 nv
breathing with a husky or whistling sound
breathe with difficulty
2
 n
(Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: wheeze
1

n breathing with a husky or whistling sound

Type of:
breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

v breathe with difficulty

Type of:
breathe, respire, suspire, take a breath
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
2

n (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick

“a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat”
Type of:
scheme, strategy
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
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