What does "wheeze" mean?
Wheeze: A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
Additional senses
- 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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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