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teatterikuiskaus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • wheeze verb To breathe with difficulty, making a rough whistling sound, often due to a respiratory problem.

Senses

teatterikuiskaus is used for these senses in English:

  • stage whisper (theater) A line that is performed on stage as if it were whispered, but is spoken loud enough for the audience to hear.
  • wheeze An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.

wheeze — full definition

  1. verb To breathe with difficulty, making a rough whistling sound, often due to a respiratory problem.
  2. noun A whistling, rasping sound made when breathing with difficulty.

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