wheeze

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
2. 2
   To convulse with laughter; to become breathless due to intense laughing.
3. 3
   To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing.

Noun

1. 1
   A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
2. 2
   An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper"; a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
3. 3
   An ulterior scheme or plan.
4. 4
   Something very humorous or laughable.
5. 5
   A sound that resembles a human wheezing.