Stuck without an inhaler, the only thing he could do was wheeze.
Source: tatoeba (8785574)
Wheeze
//ʍiːz//
Synonyms for "wheeze" (167 found)
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88 translations across 30 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- xırıltı noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
Bulgarian
2 entries- хриптене noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- хриптя́ verb (breathe hard)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 喘息 noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- 喘息 verb (breathe hard)
- 喘氣 /喘气 verb (breathe hard)
Czech
4 entries- pískot noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- sípání noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- sípání noun (exaggerated whisper)
- pískat verb (breathe hard)
Danish
2 entries- hvæs noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- hvæse verb (breathe hard)
Finnish
4 entries- kähinä noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- pihinä noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- teatterikuiskaus noun (exaggerated whisper)
- hengittää pihisten verb (breathe hard)
French
2 entries- avoir du mal à respirer verb (breathe hard)
- respirer bruyamment verb (breathe hard)
German
4 entries- Keuchen noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- Röcheln noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- Schnaufen noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- charre verb (breathe hard)
Hungarian
4 entries- keh noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- lihegés noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- sípolás noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- zihálás noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
Indonesian
1 entries- mengi noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
Ingrian
1 entries- korissa verb (breathe hard)
Irish
1 entries- cársán noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
Italian
4 entries- anelito noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- rantolo noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- anelare verb (breathe hard)
- ansare verb (breathe hard)
Japanese
1 entries- 喘鳴 noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шиигх verb (breathe hard)
Māori
4 entries- ngae noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- ngoio noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- ngō noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- tīmohu noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
Northern Sami
1 entries- skarkit verb (breathe hard)
Persian
1 entries- خس خس noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
Polish
4 entries- charczenie noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- sapanie noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- charczeć verb (breathe hard)
- chrypieć verb (breathe hard)
Portuguese
1 entries- sibilo noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
Russian
4 entries- сипение noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- сценический шёпот noun (exaggerated whisper)
- хрип noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- хрипе́ние noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
Scots
3 entries- hirsel noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- hirsel verb (breathe hard)
- wheezle verb (breathe hard)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- pìochan noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- dèan pìochan verb (breathe hard)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- hripanje noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- hropac noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- stridor noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
Spanish
4 entries- estertor sibilante noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- sibilancia noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- silbido noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- jadear verb (breathe hard)
Swedish
1 entries- kikna verb (breathe hard)
Tagalog
2 entries- agahas noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
- umagahas verb (breathe hard)
Ukrainian
1 entries- хрипіти verb (breathe hard)
Venetan
1 entries- ràntego noun (piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- kart tirring verb (breathe hard)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Some people cough, wheeze or feel out of breath during or after exercise.
Source: tatoeba (11056754)
If the air smelled even faintly of dog, Lionel coughed, wheezed and sneezed.
Source: wiktionary
Mrs. Hearty began to shake and wheeze with laughter, and Millie stood looking at Bindle.
Source: wiktionary
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