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| wheeze | |
| 1. n. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. |  |
| 2. n. An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone. | |
| 3. n. (UK, slang) An ulterior scheme or plan | |
| 4. n. (slang) Something very humorous or laughable. | |
| The new comedy is a wheeze. | |
| You think you're going to win? That's a real wheeze! | |
| 5. v. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. | |
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