wheeze
verb /wiːz/
/wiːz/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they wheeze | /wiːz/ /wiːz/ |
| he / she / it wheezes | /ˈwiːzɪz/ /ˈwiːzɪz/ |
| past simple wheezed | /wiːzd/ /wiːzd/ |
| past participle wheezed | /wiːzd/ /wiːzd/ |
| -ing form wheezing | /ˈwiːzɪŋ/ /ˈwiːzɪŋ/ |
- to breathe noisily and with difficulty
- He was coughing and wheezing all night.
- She was wheezing with delight at her own joke.
- + speech ‘I have a chest infection,’ she wheezed.
Word Originlate Middle English: probably from Old Norse hvæsa ‘to hiss’.