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wheeze

UK/ʍiːz/ US/wiːz/ rare informal slang uk
verb (1) noun (2)

verb

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noun

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2.

(Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick

  • “a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat”

Origin

From Middle English whesen, perhaps from Old Norse hvæsa (“to hiss”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes- (“to pant”).

Phrases

  • wheeze rate

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