How to pronounce wheeze

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What wheeze means

verb

To breathe with a rough, whistling sound

In a sentence: Sam was wheezing after he raced his big sister all the way up the hill.

Where it comes from: From an older English word, perhaps from an Old Norse word meaning "to hiss." It goes back to a very old root meaning "to pant."

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