wheeze
To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected…To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
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» Tom is wheezing.
Tom keucht. — al_ex_an_der
У Тома одышка. — shanghainese
Том хрипить. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesTo breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
keuchen, röcheln, schnaufen
хрипе́тьxripétʹ
хрипітиxrypity
(slang)To convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing.
To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing.
- breathe with difficulty
Examples
11 sentencesTom is wheezing.
Том хрипить. — deniko
ruУ Тома одышка. — shanghainese
deTom keucht. — al_ex_an_der
Tom was wheezing.
Stuck without an inhaler, the only thing he could do was wheeze.
Some people cough, wheeze or feel out of breath during or after exercise.
Mary ran like a young gazelle; Tom went panting and wheezing in her wake.
deMaria lief wie eine junge Gazelle; Tom hechelte hinterher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English whesen, perhaps from Old Norse hvæsa (“to hiss”), ultimately from ProtFrom Middle English whesen, perhaps from Old Norse hvæsa (“to hiss”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to pant”).
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Forms
wheezes, wheezing, wheezed, wheezedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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