wheeze
noun/wiːz/
/wiːz/
[usually singular]- the high, whistling sound that your chest makes when you cannot breathe easily
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- (British English, old-fashioned, informal) a clever trick or plan
- He came up with a clever wheeze.
Word Originlate Middle English: probably from Old Norse hvæsa ‘to hiss’.
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