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1. (n.) wasp
any of numerous winged hymenopterous insects with a slender body and a narrow stalk between the abdomen and thorax, the female having a harsh stinger that can strike repeatedly.
2. (n.) WASP
a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
3. WASP
a member of the privileged, established white upper middle class in the U.S.
Etymology: (1955–60)
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| Definition of 'wasp' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
2. (noun) wasp
social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
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1. (noun) wasp
a stinging insect with black and yellow stripes
He had been stung by a wasp.
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| Definition of 'wasp' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) wasp
any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets
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Sense: a type of winged insect having a sting and a slender waist.
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 Afrikaans: wesp, perdeby |
 Arabic: زُنْبور |
 Bulgarian: оса |
 Brazilian: vespa |
 Czech: vosa |
 German: die Wespe |
 Danish: hveps |
 Greek: σφήκα |
 Spanish: avispa |
 Estonian: herilane |
 Farsi: زنبور |
 Finnish: ampiainen |
 French: guêpe |
 Hebrew: צִרעָה |
 Hindi: भिड़, बर्रे |
 Croatian: osa |
 Hungarian: darázs |
 Indonesian: lebah |
 Icelandic: vespa, geitungur |
 Italian: vespa |
 Japanese: すずめばち |
 Korean: 말벌 |
 Lithuanian: vapsva |
 Latvian: lapsene |
 Malay: penyengat |
 Dutch: wesp |
 Norwegian: veps |
 Polish: osa |
 Portuguese: vespa |
 Romanian: viespe |
 Russian: оса |
 Slovak: osa |
 Slovenian: osa |
 Serbian: osa |
 Swedish: geting |
 Thai: แตน; ต่อ |
 Turkish: eşek arısı |
 Taiwanese: 黃蜂 |
 Ukrainian: оса |
 Urdu: زنبور |
 Vietnamese: ong bắp cày |
 Chinese: 黄蜂 |
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