WHEEZY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wheezy mean? 

• WHEEZY (adjective)
  The adjective WHEEZY has 2 senses:

1. having a tone of a reed instrument

2. relating to breathing with a whistling sound

  Familiarity information: WHEEZY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEEZY (adjective)

Comparative: wheezier   
Superlative: wheeziest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a tone of a reed instrument

Synonyms:

reedy; wheezy

Similar:

noisy (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to breathing with a whistling sound

Synonyms:

asthmatic; wheezing; wheezy

Similar:

unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)

Derivation:

wheeze (breathing with a husky or whistling sound)

wheeziness (presence of abnormal high-pitched sound heard with a stethoscope when an airway is blocked (as in asthma or chronic bronchitis))

 Context examples 

Three dead men lay huddled together in front of them: while a fourth, with the blood squirting from a severed vessel, lay back with updrawn knees, breathing in wheezy gasps.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)