wheeze

verbbreathe roughly, heavily

Synonyms for wheeze

verb breathe roughly, heavily

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse hvoesa "to hiss," Danish hvæse) cognate with Old English hwæst "act of blowing," hwosan "to cough," from an imitative root. Related: Wheezed; wheezing. The noun is first recorded 1834.

Example Sentences for wheeze

Of course he had the wheeze all wrong and I saw that he should be in bed.

She was so weak in the chest you could hear her wheeze as far as you could see her.

If only he could get that wheeze off: "Phyllis is my only joy!"

I'm the biggest giddy fool at that kind of wheeze that ever lived.

Snuffle and wheeze—snuffle and wheeze of the asthmatic Chinamans breathing.

And our yesterday's wheeze you freeze on to to-morrer, as sure as a gun.

He was just giving us the wheeze about the coming charge when a bullet struck him.

He was awakened once from a faint by a wheeze close in his ear.

I believe that you will not wheeze again for a long time, Simon.

A still more aged "wheeze" bobs up in the pages of Mr. Hueffer.

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Synonyms for wheeze

breathe

croak

gasp

gasp

gasped

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More words related to wheeze

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breathe

croak

gasp

gasp

gasped

Synonyms for wheeze

breath