wheezes

Meaning of wheezes

verb, 3rd person present
  1. breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages.
    the illness often leaves her wheezing
plural noun
  1. a wheezing sound.
    I talk with a wheeze
    there wasn't the faintest wheeze from the starter motor
  2. a clever or amusing scheme, idea, or trick.
    a new wheeze to help farmers

late Middle English: probably from Old Norse hvæsa ‘to hiss’.

Information about wheezes

  • The singular form of wheezes is: wheeze.
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Hyphenation of wheezes

wheezes

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • wheezes is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

wheezes synonyms

Meaning catch one's breath with an open mouth, owing to pain or astonishment:

gasp

Meaning emit a clear, high-pitched sound by forcing breath through a small hole between one's lips or teeth:

whistle

Meaning make a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter s:

hiss

Meaning make a harsh, grating noise:

rasp

Meaning (of a person) make a sound similar to a croak when speaking or laughing:

croak

Meaning breathe with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement:

pant

Meaning force (something, especially blood) out of the lungs or throat by coughing:

cough

Meaning a large-scale systematic plan or arrangement for attaining a particular object or putting a particular idea into effect:

scheme

Meaning a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something:

plan

Meaning a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action:

idea

Meaning an action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end:

tactic

Meaning a change of place, position, or state:

move

Meaning a plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end:

stratagem

Meaning a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage:

ploy

Meaning an act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a situation:

gambit

Meaning a plan, method, or trick with a particular aim:

device

Meaning the use of skill to create or bring about something, especially with a consequent effect of artificiality:

contrivance

Meaning a means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral:

expedient

Meaning a cunning act or scheme intended to deceive or outwit someone:

trick

Meaning a cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something unpleasant:

dodge

Meaning deceit used in order to achieve one's goal:

subterfuge

Meaning a secret and clever plan or trick:

game

Meaning devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants:

wile

Meaning an action intended to deceive someone; a trick:

ruse

Meaning a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline:

joke

Meaning a practical joke or mischievous act:

prank

Meaning prevent from growing or developing properly:

stunt

Meaning a slight change in position, direction, or tendency:

shift

Words that rhyme with wheezes

bezes, Deepfreezes, antifreezes, breezes, deepfreezes, defreezes, enfreezes, feezes, freezes, heezes, kameezes, neezes, pheezes, prefreezes, refreezes, sneezes, spreezes, squeezes, tweezes, unfreezes, fezes, friezes, lezes, mezes, siamezes, trapezes, Herezes, Prezes, prezes, trezes, oyezes, zezes

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