1. to breathe with difficulty making a whistling or rattling sound

1. a whistling or rattling sound made when breathing with difficulty
2. a clever scheme or idea
Usage: British informal

Examples

• The old man began to wheeze after climbing the stairs.
• Her asthma made her wheeze during the cold weather.
• I could hear a wheeze in his breathing.
• The doctor listened for any wheeze in her lungs.
• That’s quite a wheeze you’ve come up with!
• His latest wheeze involves selling homemade cookies online.