wheeze
🇺🇸
/wiːz/
🇬🇧
/wiːz/
verb
R
to make a high-pitched sound while breathing because of difficulty or a problem with your lungs
The asthmatic child started to wheeze after running around the playground.
noun
R
a high-pitched sound made when you breathe with difficulty
The wheezing of the patient in the next room kept everyone awake at night.
R
a clever or cunning plan or idea
She came up with a clever wheeze to get out of doing the dishes.
translation
to make a high-pitched sound while breathing because of difficulty or a problem with your lungs
a high-pitched sound made when you breathe with difficulty; a clever or cunning plan or idea
Word Forms
3rd Present
wheezes
Progressive
wheezing
Past
wheezed
Plural
wheezes
Perfect
wheezed