| NOUN | act | wheeze | breathing with a husky or whistling sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | wheeze | (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick | |
| VERB | body | wheeze | breathe with difficulty |
| Sounds | hhwiy'z; wiy'z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Achilles ... Yerkes: 115 rhymes with iyz... | |
| Meaning | breathing with a husky or whistling sound. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation | The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation |
| Spanish | estertor sibilante, resuello, sibilancia, silbido | |
| Catalan | bleix, esbufec, panteix, respiració sibilant | |
| Adjectives | wheezy | relating to breathing with a whistling sound |
| Verbs | wheeze | breathe with difficulty |
| Meaning | (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat" | |
| Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
| Broader | scheme, strategy | An elaborate and systematic plan of action |
| Meaning | breathe with difficulty. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire | Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs |
| Spanish | jadear | |
| Catalan | panteixar | |
| Nouns | wheeze | breathing with a husky or whistling sound |
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