Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wheeze

2 senses of wheeze

Sense 1
wheeze -- (breathing with a husky or whistling sound)
       => breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation -- (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

Sense 2
wheeze -- ((Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat")
       => scheme, strategy -- (an elaborate and systematic plan of action)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb wheeze

1 sense of wheeze

Sense 1
wheeze -- (breathe with difficulty)
       => breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire -- (draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring")