— wheezer , n. — wheezingly , adv.
/hweez, weez/ , v. , wheezed, wheezing , n.
v.i.
1. to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound: Asthma caused him to wheeze.
2. to make a sound resembling difficult breathing: The old locomotive wheezed into the station.
n.
3. a wheezing breath or sound.
4. an old and frequently used joke, saying, story, etc.
[ 1425-75; late ME whese (v.), prob. hvaesa to hiss ]