Wheeze /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Wheezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing

1. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
2. An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the “stage whisper.” It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone. (Phon.)