wheezed

  • 11Wheeze — Wheeze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wheezed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wheezing}.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw[=e]san (cf. Icel. hv[ae]sa to hiss, Sw. hv[ a]sa, Dan. hv[ae]se); akin to AS. hw[=o]sta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h[=o]sti, Lith. kosti …

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  • 12Wheezing — Wheeze Wheeze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wheezed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wheezing}.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw[=e]san (cf. Icel. hv[ae]sa to hiss, Sw. hv[ a]sa, Dan. hv[ae]se); akin to AS. hw[=o]sta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h[=o]sti, Lith …

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  • 15Force-feeding — Force feeding, which in some circumstances is also called gavage, is the practice of feeding a person or an animal against their will. Force feeding of humans Force feeding is generally carried out by passing a tube through the nose into the… …

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  • 16Ronald Maddison — Infobox Military Person name= Ronald George Maddison lived= c.1933 6 May 1953 placeofbirth=Consett, County Durham, England placeofdeath=Porton Down, Wiltshire, England caption= Royal Air Force engineer Ronald Maddison. nickname=… …

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  • 17The Toff — In the series of adventure novels by John Creasey, the Toff is the nickname of the Honourable Richard Rollison, an upper class crime sleuth. [ Toff is British English slang for an ostentatiously idle young man of the upper classes, hence the name …

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  • 18wheeze — 1. noun /wiːz/ a) A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. The new comedy is a wheeze. b) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the …

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  • 19wheeze — 1. To breathe with difficulty and noisily. 2. A whistling, squeaking, musical, or puffing sound made on exhalation by air passing through the fauces, glottis, or narrowed tracheobronchial airways. [A.S. hwesan] asthmatoid w. a puffing or musical… …

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  • 20wheeze — (v.) mid 15c., probably from a Scandinavian source (Cf. O.N. hvoesa to hiss, Dan. hvæse) cognate with O.E. hwæst act of blowing, hwosan to cough, from an imitative root. Related: Wheezed; wheezing. The noun is first recorded 1834 …

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