WHEEZE
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Wheeze (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wheezed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw&ē;san (cf. Icel. hvæsa to hiss, Sw. hv&ä;sa, Dan. hvæse); akin to AS. hw&ō;sta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h&ō;sti, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. k&ā;s. √43. Cf. Husky hoarse.] To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. “Wheezing lungs.” Shak.
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Wheeze, n. 1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
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2. (Phon.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the “stage whisper.” It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
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