wheezy
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˈwiːzi/
:
sibilante
- The child's breathing was wheezy, indicating a possible asthma attack.
- wheezy breath
- wheezy sound
- deep, wheezy
I was getting tired and wheezy as if I smoked like dot cotton and I don't smoke.
- I was getting tired and wheezy as if I smoked like dot cotton and I don't smoke.
Examples
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(Vincent knew the sniffly-wheezy quality of that; he'd heard it a million times, first with Ben) but a horror-movie scream, like a big girl's...
Fiction book (1996) -
In the winter, a wheezy electric heater, glowing like a rising sun, and several layers of blankets kept us warm.
Fiction book (1999) -
His breathing is all wheezy.
Fiction book (1996) -
It was a wheezy, wet sound, but it was a laugh.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was getting tired and wheezy as if I smoked like dot cotton and I don't smoke.
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Rick made some sharp, wheezy exhalations that alarmed Mrs. Kneale.
Fiction book (1992) -
"What could be more serious than the Lord's business?" she agreed in a faintly wheezy voice that suggested asthma, or maybe the onset of emphysema.
Fiction book (1998) -
He was old and wheezy; every breath scraped out seemed a struggle for him, and I thought about what would happen if he died while absolving someone; would that count?
Fiction book (1998) -
After catching a cold, her cough became wheezy and uncomfortable.
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The old dog had a wheezy sound when he barked, making us worry about his health.
Synonyms
A high whistling or rough sound that you make when breathing is hard
How Wheezy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wheezy comes from the simple sound word wheeze, which copies the noisy, whistling or rattling sound of hard breathing, and the ending -y means 'full of' or 'having'. So wheezy describes a person or chest that breathes with that tight, noisy sound.