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Look up: wheeze

  1. Wheeze
    Wheeze is British slang for a trick, idea, or plan.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Wheeze
    Wheeze is British slang for a trick, idea, or plan.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  3. wheeze
    [n] - breathing with a husky or whistling sound 2. [v] - breathe with difficulty
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Wheeze
    a high-pitched sound produced during breathing because of narrowing of the airways; common sign of asthma
    Found on http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?l

  5. Wheeze
    Wheeze intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Wheezed ; present participle & verbal noun Wheezing .] [ Middle English whesen , Anglo-Saxon hw ... san (cf. Ice...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/28

  6. Wheeze
    Wheeze noun 1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/28

  7. wheeze
    To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. 'Wheezing lungs.' ... Origin: OE. Whesen, AS. Hwsan (cf. Icel. Hvaesa to hiss, Sw. Hvasa, Dan. Hvaese); akin to AS. Hwsta a cough, D. Hoest, G. Husten, OHG. Huosto, Icel. Hsti, Lith. Kosti to cough, Skr....
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. wheeze
    noun breathing with a husky or whistling sound
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. wheeze
    noun (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; `a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. wheeze
    (hwēz) a continuous sound consisting of a whistling noise with a higher pitch than that of a rhonchus. See also wheezing.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  11. Wheeze
    • (n.) A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. • (n.) 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. • (v. i.) To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whi...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. wheeze
    (from the article `diagnosis`) ...between the fingers next to the ear. They are caused by fluid in the small passageways that adheres to the walls during respiration. Crackles are ... To these major symptoms of lung disease—coughing, dyspnea, and chest pain—may be added several others. A wheeziness in the chest may be heard. T...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/29

  13. wheeze
    • breathing with a husky or whistling sound
    • a humorous anecdote or remark

    Found on

  14. wheeze
    Type: Term Pronunciation: wēz Definitions: 1. To breathe noisily and with difficulty. 2. A whistling, squeaking, musical, or puffing sound made on exhalation by air passing through the fauces, glottis, or narrowed tracheobronchial airways.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio



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