wheeze

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ʍiːz/

Verb

slang

To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. / (slang) To convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing.

Japanese Meaning

喘息の症状などで、息をするときにヒューヒューや笛のような音がする呼吸の仕方をする。 / （俗語で）激しく笑って、息切れを起こすほどの笑い方をする。

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After climbing the steep hill, he began to wheeze and had to sit down.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

急な坂を登った後、彼はぜいぜいと息をし始め、座らなければならなかった。

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Sense（1）

To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

If the air smelled even faintly of dog, Lionel coughed, wheezed and sneezed.

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Sense（2）

(slang) To convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing.

Mrs. Hearty began to shake and wheeze with laughter, and Millie stood looking at Bindle.

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Sense（3）

To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing.

"Even the fish know it; they don't rise to the bait any more and the birds are scared - hear how they wheeze and cry as they seek the land."

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wheezes

（ present singular third-person ）

wheezing

（ participle present ）

wheezed

（ participle past ）

wheezed

（ past ）

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