English
Pronunciation
AHD|w�z, IPA|/wi�z/, SAMPA|/wi:z/
rhymes|i�z
Homophones
wees (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
w:Wii|Wiis (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Noun
en-noun
- A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
- An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
- context|UK|slang A scheme or plan.
- slang Something very humorous or laughable.
#: The new comedy is a wheeze.
#: You think you're going to win? That's a real wheeze!
Translations
trans-top|breathing hard
French: respiration bruyante
trans-mid
Portuguese: respiração ruidosa
trans-bottom
Verb
en-verb|wheezes|wheezing|wheezed
- To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
Quotations
2001,If the air smelled even faintly of dog, Lionel coughed, wheezed and sneezed. - w:Joyce Carol Oates|Joyce Carol Oates, w:Middle Age: A Romance|Middle Age: A Romance (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 443)
Translations
trans-top|breathe hard
French: respirer bruyamment, avoir du mal à respirer
trans-mid
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Category:English homophones
fr:wheeze
io:wheeze
it:wheeze
pl:wheeze
te:wheeze
vi:wheeze
zh:wheeze
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