Wheeze

Definitions: Wheeze

Wheeze

Noun

1. Breathing with a husky or whistling sound.

2. A humorous anecdote or remark.

Verb

1. Breathe with difficulty.

Date "wheeze" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references)

Synonyms: Wheeze

Synonyms: gag (n), jape (n), jest (n), joke (n), laugh (n), yak (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Wind	Respire, breathe, puff; whiff, whiffle; gasp, wheeze; snuff, snuffle; sniff, sniffle; sneeze, cough.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Wheeze

English words defined with "wheeze": Wheezed, wheezily, wheezingly. (references)

Etymologies containing "wheeze": Kinkhaust. (references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Gee wheeze baby please (Mr. Boombastic; performing artist: Shaggy)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Theater & Movies	Grunt, Snort, Wheeze, Understanding the Language & Voice of the Whitetail (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Digital; snoring; whistling; whistle; snore; wheeze; wheezing; saw logs; sawing logs; respiring; respire; sleeping; sleep; dozing; doze.		Coughing; wheeze; wheezing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		If you begin to wheeze or have trouble breathing, your health care provider can administer epinephrine or corticosteroids to counter the reaction. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Wheeze" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.06% of the time. "Wheeze" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	92.06%	58	44,427
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	4.76%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)	3.17%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	63	N/A

Expression using "wheeze": wheeze out. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "wheeze"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shaka e stërthënë, marr frymë me zor, histori bajate, gulçoj (absorb, blow, breath rapidly, crepitate, gasp, gulp, heave, howl, pant, puff, whoop), gulçim (crepitation, gasp, hard breathing, howl, pant, panting, puff), gulç (gasp, pant, spasm), gërhitje (sniff, snore, snorkel), dihatje. (various references)

Arabic		‏نكتة مسرحية مبتذلة, ‏لهث (be out of breath, blow, breath heavily, gasp, pant, puff), ‏تنفس بصفير, ‏صفر (beep, blow, cipher, hiss, hoot, naught, nil, nought, pipe, toot, tootle, whistle, yellow, zero), ‏أزيز (drone, fizgig, humming, roar, sizzle, whir, whiz, whizz, zip, zoom). (various references)

Bulgarian		свирене на гърдите, хриптене (crepitation), хитър номер, хитрина (catch, contrivance, craft, craftiness, deceit, dodgery, expedient, fetch, foxiness, legerdemain, shift, trickery, wile, wiliness), импровизирана реплика, изтъркана шега, дишам трудно. (various references)

Chinese		喘息 (respite, Wheezed, Wheezing). (various references)

Czech		supìt (chug, pant, puff, snort), supìní (pant), sípat, sípání, pískání (catcalls, hiss, piping), funìt (gasp, puff, snort). (various references)

Danish		ronki (wheezing), ronchi (wheezing), rallen (wheezing), pibende respiration (wheezing), hvæsende respiration (wheezing). (various references)

Dutch		wheezing (wheezing), piepende ademhaling (wheezing). (various references)

Farsi		خس خس کردن , خس خس , باصدانفس کشیدن . (various references)

Finnish		vinkuva hengitys (wheezing), hengityksen vinkuna (wheezing). (various references)

French		respiration bruyante (wheezing). (various references)

German		schnaufen (blow, breathe, pant, puff, struggle), keuchen (chug, gasp, pant, rasp, to gasp, to pant, whoop). (various references)

Greek		ξεφυσώ (puff and blow, snort), πνευστιώ (pant), ασθμαίνω (gasp, pant), αναπνευστικός συριγμός (wheezing). (various references)

Hebrew		לנשום בשריקה, גניחה (cough, coughing, groan, moan), נשימה שורקת. (various references)

Hungarian		zihálás (gasp, gasping, panting, roaring, wheezing). (various references)

Indonesian		tersengal-sengal (being difficult (of breathing)), gelegak (effervesee), desah (sound of wheezing or huffing, swishing), berdesah (sigh). (various references)

Italian		respiro affannoso (gasp, pant), respirazione stertorosa (wheezing), rantolo (death rattle, rattle), ansimare (blow, gasp, heave, pant, puff). (various references)

Manx		peeaghane (dyspnoea, hoarseness, nasal congestion, stuffiness), jannoo peeaghane. (various references)

Pig Latin		eezewhay

Portuguese		sibilos (wheezing), respiração asmática, bufar (blow, puff, sniff, snort), arquejar (gasp, pant). (various references)

Romanian		truc (catch, device, dodge, fake, fetch, jugglery, knack, pass, stratagem, trick), sufla greu (blow, pant, wind), stratagemã (stratagem, trick), respiraţie grea, respiraţie şuierãtoare, respira astmatic, hârâit (growl, wheezing), hârâi (grate, growl, snore), glumã (chaff, farce, frolic, fun, gag, game, jape, jest, joke, lark, play, prank, sport, trick, wisecrack, wit, witticism), gâfâi (blow, gasp, pant, puff, roar). (various references)

Russian		хрип (rale, rattle, ruckle), трюк (fob, gimmick, prank, stunt, trick), отсебятина (gag), одышка (dyspnoea, pant, short wind, shortness of breath). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		teško disati (breathe heavily), teško disanje (wheezing), krkljati, krkljanje, šištati (fizz, hiss, sibilate). (various references)

Spanish		respiración ruidosa (wheezing). (various references)

Swedish		väsa (fizz, fizzle, hiss), kikna (whoop). (various references)

Turkish		parlak fikir (brain child, brain wave, brainchild, brainstorm, brillant idea), oyun (act, acting, canard, dance, device, frolic, game, hoax, performance, play, presentment, representation, spectacle, sport, stage play, trick), hırıltılı ses, hırıltı ile söylemek (wheeze out), hırıltı (crepitation, growling, grunt, murmur, purring, rattle, snarling, souffle), hırıldayarak solumak, hırıldamak (growl, purr, rattle), hırıldama, hışıltılı nefes, hışıltı, bayat espri (a threadbare joke, chestnut, oldie), bayat şaka, şaka (badinage, banter, chaff, drollery, fun, game, hell, humor, humour, jest, joke, lark, monkeyshiness, pleasantry, quiz, sport, waggery, waggishness, wisecrack, witticism). (various references)

Ukranian		хрипіти (crepitate, ruckle), хрипіння (ruckle, warning), задишка (breathlessness, dyspnoea, pant), жарт (cantrip, jape, jest, jocosity, joke, panic, play, pleasantry, skit, trick, witticism), пихкати (puff), дотеп (esprit, gag, joke, mot, nifty, quirk, repartee, salt, wisecrack, witticism, yak). (various references)

Vietnamese		mưu (snare, stratagem), kế (aboard, art, by, expedient, expediential, mean, meant), cách riêng. (various references)

Welsh		gwichian (creak, squeak, squeal), gwich (creak, squeak, wheezing). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "wheeze": wheezed, wheezer, wheezers, wheezes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Wheeze" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: heeze, theeze, weaze, weeze, weze, whease, wheesh, wheve. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "wheeze" (pronounced wē"z or hwē"z)
3	w ē" z	squeeze.
2	-ē" z	abductees, absentees, adoptees, agrees, amputees, appease, appointees, bees, brees, breeze, Cees, cheese, chemise, conferees, decrees, Dees, degrees, deportees, designees, detainees, devotees, disagrees, disease, displease, draftees, drees, ease, enlistees, enrollees, escapees, expertise, fees, fleas, flees, foresees, franchisees, frees, freeze, frieze, Geez, gies, guarantees, guaranties, honorees, inductees, internees, interviewees, Jeez, journalese, keas, keys, knees, Leas, Lees, lessees, licensees, nominees, overseas, parolees, pawnees, peas, Pease, pleas, please, Rees, referees, Reis, retirees, returnees, rupees, seas, sees, seize, siamese, skees, skis, sleaze, sneeze, sprees, teas, tease, tees, these, threes, trainees, trapeze, trees, trustees, underseas, unease, vees.
3	-w ē" z	squeeze.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-w-z"
	-1 letter: heeze.
	-2 letters: whee.
	-3 letters: ewe, hew, wee, zee.
	-4 letters: eh, he, we.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-w-z"
	+1 letter: wheezed, wheezer, wheezes.
	+2 letters: wheezers, wheezier.
	+3 letters: wheeziest.
	+4 letters: weatherize, wheeziness.
	+5 letters: weatherized, weatherizes.
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