wheezier; wheeziest
plural -es
: the quality or state of being wheezy
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
The dash to 60 mph on a short freeway merge now takes a breezy 7.1 seconds instead of a wheezy 10.5 ticks.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 14 Dec. 2022
The black exotic shorthair, a wheezy female with a squashed face and soulful orange eyes, is named for Owens, says his partner, Brittany Means, whose tweet about Jeff and Baby Jeff went viral this past spring.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2022
While these viruses can mimic one another in symptoms, typically COVID-19 tends to be a dryer respiratory infection than RSV, which tends to produce wheezy coughing.
—Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2022
Rebecca Mead reports on the strangeness and abandon of spring break, and Colin Stokes provides a wheezy guide to allergy season.
—The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2022
Eventually Diana makes her way to the compound, late, gumming up the works of the wheezy old machine of the House of Windsor.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2021
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Adjective
Her breathing grew strained and wheezy.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026
The dash to 60 mph on a short freeway merge now takes a breezy 7.1 seconds instead of a wheezy 10.5 ticks.
—Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 14 Dec. 2022
The black exotic shorthair, a wheezy female with a squashed face and soulful orange eyes, is named for Owens, says his partner, Brittany Means, whose tweet about Jeff and Baby Jeff went viral this past spring.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2022
While these viruses can mimic one another in symptoms, typically COVID-19 tends to be a dryer respiratory infection than RSV, which tends to produce wheezy coughing.
—Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2022
Rebecca Mead reports on the strangeness and abandon of spring break, and Colin Stokes provides a wheezy guide to allergy season.
—The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2022
Eventually Diana makes her way to the compound, late, gumming up the works of the wheezy old machine of the House of Windsor.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2021
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“Wheezy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheezy. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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wheezy
adjective
ˈhwē-zē 
ˈwē-
wheezier; wheeziest
1
: tending to wheeze
a wheezy infant
2
: making or having the sound of wheezing
a wheezy cough
wheezy old cars
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