wheeze noun (BREATH) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus

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/wiːz/ n [C]

Definition

a high, rough noise made when someone cannot breathe easily

The cough, wheeze and shortness of breath are things that go with smoking, not with age.

(Definition of wheeze noun (BREATH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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belch
blow
burp
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cough n
fart v
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footstep
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