# wheeze

> English word · Verb · IPA /ʍiːz/ · frequency rank #59,811

## Definitions
1. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
2. To convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing.
3. To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing.

## Etymology
From Middle English whesen, perhaps from Old Norse hvæsa (“to hiss”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to pant”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wheeze