1a wheezing sound:I talk with a wheezethere wasn’t the faintest wheeze from the starter motor
2British informal a clever or amusing scheme, idea, or trick:a new wheeze to help farmers
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breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages:the illness often leaves her wheezing (as adjective wheezing)his wheezing old father
[with object] say (something) with a wheezing sound:he could barely wheeze out his pleas for a handout [with direct speech]:‘Don’t worry son,’ he wheezed
[no object, with adverbial of direction] walk or move slowly making a wheezing sound:she wheezed up the hill towards them
(of a device) make an irregular rattling or spluttering sound:the engine coughed, wheezed, and shrieked into life
