wheezy

English

Etymology

wheeze +‎ -y

Adjective

wheezy (comparative wheezier, superlative wheeziest)

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.

Translations

that wheezes

Bulgarian: хриптящ (bg) (hriptjašt)
Finnish: vinkuva (fi), pihisevä
French: asthmatique (fr)
German: engbrüstig
Greek: ασθματικός (el) (asthmatikós)
Hungarian: ziháló (hu), lihegő (hu), kehes (hu)
Maori: tīmohu

References

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

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