wheezen.

Brit.

/wiːz/, U.S.

/(h)wiz/

Etymology: < wheeze v.

a. An act of wheezing; a whistling sound caused by difficult breathing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [noun] > wheeze

wheezing1538

wheezling1808

wheezle1822

wheeze1834

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > noisy breathing > wheezing

wheezing1538

wheezling1808

wheezle1822

wheeze1834

wheeziness1898

1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 477 (note) A loud, sibilant, or dry sonorous rhonchus, corresponding with the loud sighing wheeze, audible by the naked ear.

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xx. 193 A wheeze very like the cough of a horse.

1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 90 A ladylike sneeze, Or a portly papa's more elaborate wheeze.

b. transferred. A sound resembling this.

ΚΠ

1835 H. W. Longfellow Vill. Auteuil in Outre-Mer (1886) 55 The last wheeze of the clarionet died upon my ear.

1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 220 A somewhat hoarse and reedy wheeze from the scrannel-pipe of a lesser player than Pan.

c. Phonetics. A whisper (see whisper n.) intensified by further contraction of the glottis.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [noun] > voiceless quality > whisper or wheeze

whispering1849

whisper1877

wheeze1890

1890 H. Sweet Primer of Phonetics 12 Wheeze. If we strongly exaggerate an ordinary whisper, we get that hoarse, wheezy sound known as the ‘stage whisper’ or ‘strong whisper’.

2. Originally Theatre slang, A joke or comic gag introduced into the performance of a piece by a clown or comedian, esp. a comic phrase or saying introduced repeatedly; hence, (gen. slang or colloquial) a catchphrase constantly repeated; more widely, a trick or dodge frequently used; also, a piece of special information, a ‘tip’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > catch-phrase or stock phrase

phrasec1550

byword1570

cant1681

catchphrase1834

wheeze1864

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > phrase or saying

wheeze1864

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > other types of jest or joke

dry biscuit jest1600

kniff-knaff1683

private joke1789

jokelet1847

inside joke1849

wheeze1864

one-liner1904

lavatory joke1931

lavatory humour1935

sight gag1957

cruellie1959

in-joke1964

elephant joke1966

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception

wrenchc888

swikec893

braida1000

craftOE

wile1154

crookc1175

trokingc1175

guile?c1225

hocket1276

blink1303

errorc1320

guileryc1330

sleightc1340

knackc1369

deceitc1380

japec1380

gaudc1386

syllogism1387

mazec1390

mowa1393

train?a1400

trantc1400

abusionc1405

creekc1405

trickc1412

trayc1430

lirtc1440

quaint?a1450

touch1481

pawka1522

false point?1528

practice1533

crink1534

flim-flamc1538

bobc1540

fetcha1547

abuse1551

block1553

wrinklec1555

far-fetch?a1562

blirre1570

slampant1577

ruse1581

forgery1582

crank1588

plait1589

crossbite1591

cozenage1592

lock1598

quiblin1605

foist1607

junt1608

firk1611

overreach?1615

fob1622

ludification1623

knick-knacka1625

flam1632

dodge1638

gimcrack1639

fourbe1654

juggle1664

strategy1672

jilt1683

disingenuity1691

fun1699

jugglementa1708

spring1753

shavie1767

rig?1775

deception1794

Yorkshire bite1795

fakement1811

fake1829

practical1833

deceptivity1843

tread-behind1844

fly1861

schlenter1864

Sinonism1864

racket1869

have1885

ficelle1890

wheeze1903

fast one1912

roughie1914

spun-yarn trick1916

fastie1931

phoney baloney1933

fake-out1955

okey-doke1964

mind-fuck1971

society > communication > information > [noun] > special or useful

hint1777

wrinkle1818

tip1845

hunch1849

the straight tip1871

kinklea1873

speech1874

quiff1881

pointer1884

griffin1889

griff1891

tip-off1901

rumble1905

wheeze1906

drum1915

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > hint or tip

tip1845

wheeze1910

1864 J. G. Bertram Glimpses Real Life 131 The art of getting up ‘wheezes’, as the clown's jokes are called.

1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife xiv Up to the present, only one ‘wheeze’ had been found.

1885 Longman's Mag. Nov. 18 He [sc. the comedian]..would, for a quarter of an hour together, improvise ‘wheezes’ to keep the house in a roar.

1890 Spectator 17 May 698/2 The now hackneyed wheeze, ‘A sudden thought strikes me, let us swear eternal friendship,’ is taken from ‘The Rovers’.

1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 534/1 He is now wisely convinced that this wheeze is played out.

1906 Daily Chron. 30 Aug. 2/6 Someone gave the defendant the wheeze.

1910 Dundee Advertiser 2 July 6 The old wheeze about one touch of nature making the whole world kin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wheezev.

Brit.

/wiːz/, U.S.

/(h)wiz/

Forms: Middle English whese, 1500s whiese, wease, 1500s–1700s whease, wheese, 1500s–1800s wheaze, 1700s wheez, 1600s– wheeze.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse hvæsa.

Etymology: probably < Old Norse hvæsa to hiss (Middle Swedish, Swedish hväsa , Danish hvæse ). (There is no connection with Old English hwósan , 3rd person present indicative hwést , past tense hwéos to cough, dialect hoose v.)

a. intransitive. To breathe hard with a whistling sound from dryness or obstruction in the throat, as in asthma.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [verb (intransitive)] > wheeze

wheezea1500

wheezle1779

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > breathe noisily > wheeze

wheezea1500

whizz1607

wheezle1779

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 202 I lagh that I whese!

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Addicion Asthma..a sycknesse, where one maye not fetche his wynde but with moche difficultie, with weasynge [1565 Cooper wheesing] of the breast.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 222 Not stretcht upon his bed, Nor wheasing with a stopt-up spirit.

1648 T. Winyard Midsummer-moone 6 Hee'l shortly be a Baptist without a voice, and wheases already, as if he fed on nothing but Locusts and Grashoppers.

1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida i. i. 3 Tickling his spleen, and laughing till he wheeze.

1684 T. Southerne Disappointment ii. i. 19 I must laugh at him; not sooth him in his vanity, nor tickle him, till he wheeze.

1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. ii. ii. 278 She..wheesed, as they vulgarly term it here, when the Windpipe makes a Noise in Breathing.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vii. vi. 211 Every member made the best of his way home,..wheezing as he went with corpulency and terror.

1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right II. li. 9 ‘I'm not a bit afraid to die,’ said the old woman, wheezing.

1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xiv He chatted, he chuckled, he coughed and wheezed, and told his stories.

b. transferred. To make a similar sound.

ΚΠ

1853 G. W. Curtis Potiphar Papers iv. 164 That elegant youth has pumped life dry, and now the pump only wheezes.

1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage v. 56 Like a firework... It wheezed and banged with a mighty power.

2. transitive. To utter with a sound of wheezing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > make sibilant [verb (transitive)] > wheeze

wheeze1849

1849 C. J. Lever Confess. Con Cregan xiv ‘If you'll look in that glass yonder, which is opposite the mirror, you'll soon see!’ wheezed out the old man, maliciously.

1880 P. Ludlow Nick Hardy at College vi A hand-organ grinder..began to wheeze forth the entrancing strains of ‘Old Dog Tray’.

1905 A. T. Sheppard Red Cravat iii. x. 362 A barrack clock, wheezing out the hour.

1905 F. Young Sands of Pleasure ii. vii Listening to the strain of Dies Irae wheezed out on an old harmonium.

Compounds

wheeze-belly used attributively.

ΚΠ

1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 16 We were in hopes to ha' come Yesterday, an' it had no' been, that th' owld Wheaze-belly Horse tyr'd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wheeze
释义	wheezen. Brit. /wiːz/, U.S. /(h)wiz/ Etymology: < wheeze v. 1. a. An act of wheezing; a whistling sound caused by difficult breathing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [noun] > wheeze wheezing1538 wheezling1808 wheezle1822 wheeze1834 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > noisy breathing > wheezing wheezing1538 wheezling1808 wheezle1822 wheeze1834 wheeziness1898 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 477 (note) A loud, sibilant, or dry sonorous rhonchus, corresponding with the loud sighing wheeze, audible by the naked ear. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xx. 193 A wheeze very like the cough of a horse. 1872 C. S. Calverley Fly Leaves 90 A ladylike sneeze, Or a portly papa's more elaborate wheeze. b. transferred. A sound resembling this. ΚΠ 1835 H. W. Longfellow Vill. Auteuil in Outre-Mer (1886) 55 The last wheeze of the clarionet died upon my ear. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 220 A somewhat hoarse and reedy wheeze from the scrannel-pipe of a lesser player than Pan. c. Phonetics. A whisper (see whisper n.) intensified by further contraction of the glottis. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [noun] > voiceless quality > whisper or wheeze whispering1849 whisper1877 wheeze1890 1890 H. Sweet Primer of Phonetics 12 Wheeze. If we strongly exaggerate an ordinary whisper, we get that hoarse, wheezy sound known as the ‘stage whisper’ or ‘strong whisper’. 2. Originally Theatre slang, A joke or comic gag introduced into the performance of a piece by a clown or comedian, esp. a comic phrase or saying introduced repeatedly; hence, (gen. slang or colloquial) a catchphrase constantly repeated; more widely, a trick or dodge frequently used; also, a piece of special information, a ‘tip’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > phrase > [noun] > catch-phrase or stock phrase phrasec1550 byword1570 cant1681 catchphrase1834 wheeze1864 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > phrase or saying wheeze1864 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > other types of jest or joke dry biscuit jest1600 kniff-knaff1683 private joke1789 jokelet1847 inside joke1849 wheeze1864 one-liner1904 lavatory joke1931 lavatory humour1935 sight gag1957 cruellie1959 in-joke1964 elephant joke1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception wrenchc888 swikec893 braida1000 craftOE wile1154 crookc1175 trokingc1175 guile?c1225 hocket1276 blink1303 errorc1320 guileryc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 deceitc1380 japec1380 gaudc1386 syllogism1387 mazec1390 mowa1393 train?a1400 trantc1400 abusionc1405 creekc1405 trickc1412 trayc1430 lirtc1440 quaint?a1450 touch1481 pawka1522 false point?1528 practice1533 crink1534 flim-flamc1538 bobc1540 fetcha1547 abuse1551 block1553 wrinklec1555 far-fetch?a1562 blirre1570 slampant1577 ruse1581 forgery1582 crank1588 plait1589 crossbite1591 cozenage1592 lock1598 quiblin1605 foist1607 junt1608 firk1611 overreach?1615 fob1622 ludification1623 knick-knacka1625 flam1632 dodge1638 gimcrack1639 fourbe1654 juggle1664 strategy1672 jilt1683 disingenuity1691 fun1699 jugglementa1708 spring1753 shavie1767 rig?1775 deception1794 Yorkshire bite1795 fakement1811 fake1829 practical1833 deceptivity1843 tread-behind1844 fly1861 schlenter1864 Sinonism1864 racket1869 have1885 ficelle1890 wheeze1903 fast one1912 roughie1914 spun-yarn trick1916 fastie1931 phoney baloney1933 fake-out1955 okey-doke1964 mind-fuck1971 society > communication > information > [noun] > special or useful hint1777 wrinkle1818 tip1845 hunch1849 the straight tip1871 kinklea1873 speech1874 quiff1881 pointer1884 griffin1889 griff1891 tip-off1901 rumble1905 wheeze1906 drum1915 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > hint or tip tip1845 wheeze1910 1864 J. G. Bertram Glimpses Real Life 131 The art of getting up ‘wheezes’, as the clown's jokes are called. 1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife xiv Up to the present, only one ‘wheeze’ had been found. 1885 Longman's Mag. Nov. 18 He [sc. the comedian]..would, for a quarter of an hour together, improvise ‘wheezes’ to keep the house in a roar. 1890 Spectator 17 May 698/2 The now hackneyed wheeze, ‘A sudden thought strikes me, let us swear eternal friendship,’ is taken from ‘The Rovers’. 1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 534/1 He is now wisely convinced that this wheeze is played out. 1906 Daily Chron. 30 Aug. 2/6 Someone gave the defendant the wheeze. 1910 Dundee Advertiser 2 July 6 The old wheeze about one touch of nature making the whole world kin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wheezev. Brit. /wiːz/, U.S. /(h)wiz/ Forms: Middle English whese, 1500s whiese, wease, 1500s–1700s whease, wheese, 1500s–1800s wheaze, 1700s wheez, 1600s– wheeze. Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse hvæsa. Etymology: probably < Old Norse hvæsa to hiss (Middle Swedish, Swedish hväsa , Danish hvæse ). (There is no connection with Old English hwósan , 3rd person present indicative hwést , past tense hwéos to cough, dialect hoose v.) 1. a. intransitive. To breathe hard with a whistling sound from dryness or obstruction in the throat, as in asthma. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [verb (intransitive)] > wheeze wheezea1500 wheezle1779 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > breathe noisily > wheeze wheezea1500 whizz1607 wheezle1779 a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 202 I lagh that I whese! 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Addicion Asthma..a sycknesse, where one maye not fetche his wynde but with moche difficultie, with weasynge [1565 Cooper wheesing] of the breast. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 222 Not stretcht upon his bed, Nor wheasing with a stopt-up spirit. 1648 T. Winyard Midsummer-moone 6 Hee'l shortly be a Baptist without a voice, and wheases already, as if he fed on nothing but Locusts and Grashoppers. 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida i. i. 3 Tickling his spleen, and laughing till he wheeze. 1684 T. Southerne Disappointment ii. i. 19 I must laugh at him; not sooth him in his vanity, nor tickle him, till he wheeze. 1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. ii. ii. 278 She..wheesed, as they vulgarly term it here, when the Windpipe makes a Noise in Breathing. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vii. vi. 211 Every member made the best of his way home,..wheezing as he went with corpulency and terror. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right II. li. 9 ‘I'm not a bit afraid to die,’ said the old woman, wheezing. 1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xiv He chatted, he chuckled, he coughed and wheezed, and told his stories. b. transferred. To make a similar sound. ΚΠ 1853 G. W. Curtis Potiphar Papers iv. 164 That elegant youth has pumped life dry, and now the pump only wheezes. 1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage v. 56 Like a firework... It wheezed and banged with a mighty power. 2. transitive. To utter with a sound of wheezing. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > make sibilant [verb (transitive)] > wheeze wheeze1849 1849 C. J. Lever Confess. Con Cregan xiv ‘If you'll look in that glass yonder, which is opposite the mirror, you'll soon see!’ wheezed out the old man, maliciously. 1880 P. Ludlow Nick Hardy at College vi A hand-organ grinder..began to wheeze forth the entrancing strains of ‘Old Dog Tray’. 1905 A. T. Sheppard Red Cravat iii. x. 362 A barrack clock, wheezing out the hour. 1905 F. Young Sands of Pleasure ii. vii Listening to the strain of Dies Irae wheezed out on an old harmonium. Compounds wheeze-belly used attributively. ΚΠ 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 16 We were in hopes to ha' come Yesterday, an' it had no' been, that th' owld Wheaze-belly Horse tyr'd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1834v.a1500
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