What is the meaning of wheeze?

noun

  • Breathing with a husky or whistling sound.
  • Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick. (
    • usage: "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat"

verb

  • Breathe with difficulty. .
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