WHEEZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wheeze mean? 

• WHEEZE (noun)
  The noun WHEEZE has 2 senses:

1. breathing with a husky or whistling sound

2. (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick

  Familiarity information: WHEEZE used as a noun is rare.

• WHEEZE (verb)
  The verb WHEEZE has 1 sense:

1. breathe with difficulty

  Familiarity information: WHEEZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEEZE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Breathing with a husky or whistling sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("wheeze" is a kind 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)

Derivation:

wheeze (breathe with difficulty)

wheezy (relating to breathing with a whistling sound)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat

Hypernyms ("wheeze" is a kind of...):

scheme; strategy (an elaborate and systematic plan of action)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

• WHEEZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they wheeze    ... he / she / it wheezes   
Past simple: wheezed   
Past participle: wheezed   
-ing form: wheezing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Breathe with difficulty

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "wheeze" is one way to...):

breathe; respire; suspire; take a breath (draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

wheeze (breathing with a husky or whistling sound)

 Context examples 

Symptoms of ABPA include wheezing and coughing.

(Aspergillosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Symptoms of AAT deficiency include: • Shortness of breath and wheezing • Repeated lung infections • Tiredness • Rapid heartbeat upon standing • Vision problems • Weight loss

(Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Signs and symptoms appear early in life and include dyspnea, wheezing, and cyanosis.

(Congenital Lobar Emphysema, NCI Thesaurus)

Exposure to certain allergens and bacteria within the first year of life may protect children from wheezing and allergies.

(Infant Exposure to Allergens May Help Prevent Wheezing, NIH)

Clinical symptoms include shortness of breath, cough, wheeze, hemopytsis and chest pain.

(Lung Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The active ingredient in a drug used to treat symptoms of asthma, such as trouble breathing, tight chest, wheezing, coughing, and runny nose.

(Montelukast, NCI Dictionary)

He sprang to his feet, waving his fists and wheezing like an asthmatic.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Children with asthma may experience wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing, especially early in the morning or at night.

(Asthma in Children, NIH)

Symptoms include noisy breathing and wheezing.

(Bronchomalacia, NCI Thesaurus)

They include skin flushing, diarrhea, wheezing, and tachycardia.

(Carcinoid syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)