wheeze
noun
1. breathing with a husky or whistling sound
Definition categories: act, breathing, respiration, ventilation
2. (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
- a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat
Definition categories: thought, scheme, strategy
Sentences with wheeze as a noun:
- The new comedy is a wheeze.
- You think you're going to win? That's a real wheeze!