Associations to the word «Wheezing»

Wiktionary

WHEEZE, noun. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
WHEEZE, noun. An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
WHEEZE, noun. (British) (slang) An ulterior scheme or plan
WHEEZE, noun. (slang) Something very humorous or laughable.
WHEEZE, verb. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
WHEEZE RATE, noun. The proportion of the respiratory cycle duration occupied by wheezing (measured as Tw/Ttot)

Dictionary definition

WHEEZE, noun. Breathing with a husky or whistling sound.
WHEEZE, noun. (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat".
WHEEZE, verb. Breathe with difficulty.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King