What part of speech is wheeze?

Wheeze can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. wheeze is a verb, present, 1st person singular of wheeze (infinitive).
  • 2. wheeze is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. wheeze is a noun, singular of wheezes.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does wheeze mean?

Definitions

Verb

wheeze - breathe with difficulty

Noun

wheeze - breathing with a husky or whistling sound
wheeze - (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat"

Examples of wheeze

#   Sentence  
1. noun A clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat.
2. verb Stuck without an inhaler, the only thing he could do was wheeze.
Sentence  
noun
A clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat.
verb
Stuck without an inhaler, the only thing he could do was wheeze.

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