Wheeze (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wheezed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw&?;san (cf. Icel. hvæsa to hiss, Sw. hväsa, Dan. hvæse); akin to AS. hw&?;sta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h&?;sti, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. k&?;s. √43. Cf. Husky hoarse.] To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." Shak.

Wheeze, n. 1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

2. (Phon.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.

Wheeze (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wheezed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw&?;san (cf. Icel. hvæsa to hiss, Sw. hväsa, Dan. hvæse); akin to AS. hw&?;sta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h&?;sti, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. k&?;s. √43. Cf. Husky hoarse.] To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." Shak.

Wheeze, n. 1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

2. (Phon.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.

• A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
  
• An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper."; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
  
• (British slang) A scheme or plan.
  
• (slang) Something very funny or laughable.
        The new comedy is a wheeze.
        You think you're going to win? That's a real wheeze!
  
• To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.