'Wheezing' definitions:
Definition of 'wheezing'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Wheezing'
From: GCIDE
- Wheeze \Wheeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wheezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw[=e]san (cf. Icel. hv[ae]sa to hiss, Sw. hv[aum]sa, Dan. hv[ae]se); akin to AS. hw[=o]sta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h[=o]sti, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. k[=a]s. [root]43. Cf. Husky hoarse.] To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wheezing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asthmatic,
- breathing,
- breathless,
- effervescent,
- errhine,
- expiratory,
- fizzling,
- heaving,
- hissing,
- huffing,
- hushing,
- inspiratory,
- nasal,
- out of breath,
- panting,
- pneumonic,
- puffing,
- pulmonary,
- pulmonic,
- respiratory,
- rhinal,
- short-breathed,
- short-winded,
- sibilant,
- sissing,
- sizzling,
- sneezy,
- sniffing,
- sniffling,
- sniffly,
- sniffy,
- snoring,
- snorting,
- snuffling,
- snuffly,
- snuffy,
- sternutatory,
- stertorous,
- wheezy,
- winded