wheeze

Everyday

1. To wheeze is to breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in your chest, because breathing is hard. tree →
2. A wheeze is that sound. tree →
3. In old British talk, a wheeze is a clever trick or plan. tree →

In the lessons

In health and safety lessons, wheezing can be a sign of asthma or a chest illness; a child who wheezes may need their inhaler and should tell an adult. In stories, an old machine or person wheezes. Phrases: «start to wheeze», «a wheezy chest», «wheeze and cough».

Examples

• My sister wheezes when she has an asthma attack. tree →
• He used his inhaler when he started to wheeze. tree →
• The old bus wheezed up the hill. tree →
• I heard a wheeze in Grandpa's chest. tree →
• If a friend is wheezing badly, get an adult quickly. tree →
• Running in the cold air made me wheeze. tree →

Note

Regular verb: wheezed, wheezing (drop the e). Adjective: «wheezy». Wheezing is a sign, not the illness itself; serious wheezing needs help fast.