English

Pronunciation
AHD|w�z, IPA|/wi�z/, SAMPA|/wi:z/
rhymes|i�z

Homophones
wees (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
w:Wii|Wiis (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun
en-noun

1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
2. An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
3. context|UK|slang A scheme or plan.
4. slang Something very humorous or laughable.

#: The new comedy is a wheeze.
#: You think you're going to win? That's a real wheeze!

Translations
trans-top|breathing hard
French: respiration bruyante
trans-mid
Portuguese: respiração ruidosa
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb|wheezes|wheezing|wheezed

1. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

Quotations
2001,If the air smelled even faintly of dog, Lionel coughed, wheezed and sneezed. - w:Joyce Carol Oates|Joyce Carol Oates, w:Middle Age: A Romance|Middle Age: A Romance (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 443)

Translations
trans-top|breathe hard
French: respirer bruyamment, avoir du mal à respirer
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Category:English homophones

fr:wheeze
io:wheeze
it:wheeze
pl:wheeze
te:wheeze
vi:wheeze
zh:wheeze

• 2007-10-14 23:11 - Connel MacKenzie - [[User:Connel MacKenzie/Format|fmt]], {{infl}} (en), {top/mid/bot}->trans

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