■ verb breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages.
↘(of a device) make an irregular rattling or spluttering sound.
■ noun
1》 a sound of a person wheezing.
2》 Brit. informal a clever or amusing scheme or trick.
Derivatives
~r noun
wheezing adjective
wheezingly adverb
Origin
ME: prob. from ON hvæsa 'to hiss'.