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wheezer

wheezer

1 8.2
A person or machine that makes a harsh sound when air moves through it
  • noun
  • /ˈwiːzər/
translation icon : sibilante
  • Listen, I think I got a line on the Wheezer.

Examples

  • And who's the wheezer in the Cadillac?

    Plain Clothes (1988)

  • Yeah, Dylan and wheezer were by.

    Highway (2002)

  • Bling and Wheezer, quit horsing around.

    The Cookout (2004)

  • Old Sallie "The Wheezer" Valestra.

    Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

  • A Mr. Big Pimping Bling-Bling... and Mr. O.G. Big Wheezer.

    The Cookout (2004)

  • After his asthma attack, he was left feeling like a wheezer whenever he exerted himself.

  • The old cat has become quite a wheezer as she gets older, often struggling for breath.

  • During the winter months, my grandfather often sounds like a wheezer when he coughs.

How Breathless

wheezer
1 8.2
gaspy
8.1
huffer
8.1
eupneic
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

wheezer singular
wheezers plural

Morphology

wheezer = wheeze (transparent) = wheeze + er

Formed regularly from the verb/noun 'wheeze' with the agentive '-er', so the meaning 'one who wheezes' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Wheezer comes from the sound word wheeze, which means 'to breathe with difficulty', and the ending -er means 'someone or something that does that'. So, a wheezer is a person or thing that makes a wheezing sound, like someone with breathing problems or an old noisy engine.