wheezy

From wheeze + -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːzi/, /ˈʍiːzi/

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wheezy (comparative wheezier, superlative wheeziest)

1. That wheezes.
   • 1942 February, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes”, in Railway Magazine, pages 61–62:

     A couple of somewhat wheezy Highland "River" class 4-6-0s have succeeded in hauling 450-ton stock trains between Stranraer and Ayr.

• “wheezy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.