1. Breathe with difficulty
   "The asthmatic patient wheezed after climbing the stairs"

1. Breathing with a husky or whistling sound
   "The patient's wheeze indicated potential asthma"
    
2. [Brit] A clever or amusing scheme or trick
   "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat"

Derived forms: wheezed, wheezes, wheezing

Type of: breathe, breathing, external respiration, respiration, respire, scheme, strategy, suspire [literary], take a breath, ventilation

Encyclopedia: Wheeze