wheeze

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I - noun

1. breathing with a husky or whistling sound (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
wheezy
• Hypernyms:
breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
2. (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
- a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
scheme, strategy

II - verb

breathe with difficulty (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s