wheezlev.
/ˈwiːz(ə)l/, /ˈhwiːz(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wiz(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈhwiz(ə)l/ Chiefly Scottish and northern dialect.
intransitive. To wheeze.
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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
1779 Mirror No. 40. ⁋3 One of your damnation apoplectics kill'd him in the chucking of a bumper; you could scarce have heard him wheazle!
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 166 But sax Scotch mile, thou try't their mettle, An' gart them whaizle.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down at Wasslin' Do you hear the chile wasslin' in his chest?
Derivatives
ˈwheezle n. a wheeze.
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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
1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man II. 346 My voice went away to a perfect wheezle.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Whazle, an indication of asthma.
ˈwheezling n. and adj.
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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 > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective] > wheeze
wheezing1560
asthmatic1806
wheezling1808
wheezya1821
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > noisy breathing > wheezing
wheezing1538
wheezling1808
wheezle1822
wheeze1834
wheeziness1898
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > noisy breathing > wheezing
wheezing1560
wheezling1808
wheezya1821
sibilant1833
1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) ii. 42 Tho' whozzling sair and cruppen down Auld Saunders seem'd.
1838 Whistle-Binkie 1st Ser. (ed. 2) 83 Gin the win' were out o' your whaisling hauze, I'd marry again and be voggie, O.
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