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wheeze
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wheeze \Wheeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wheezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw[=e]san (cf. Icel. hv[ae]sa to hiss, Sw. hv[aum]sa, Dan. hv[ae]se); akin to AS. hw[=o]sta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h[=o]sti, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. k[=a]s. [root]43. Cf. Husky hoarse.] To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." --Shak. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wheeze \Wheeze\, n.
1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult
respiration.
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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.
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