1. Verb
To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
2. Noun
A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
3. Noun
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.
4. Noun
breathing with a husky or whistling sound
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