wheeze 1 of 2

verb

Definition of wheezenext
as in to gasp
to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty he was wheezing rapidly after a hard run

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wheeze

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noun

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as in whistle

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as in cliché

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“Wheeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheeze. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023.

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