wheeze vb
1 breathe roughly, catch one's breath, cough, gasp, hiss, rasp, whistle n
2 cough, gasp, hiss, rasp, whistle
3 (Brit. slang) expedient, idea, plan, ploy, ruse, scheme, stunt, trick, wrinkle (informal)
4 (informal) anecdote, chestnut (informal) crack (slang) gag (informal) joke, old joke, one-liner (slang) story