Definitions for waspwɒsp

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

waspwɒsp(n.)

  1. 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.

    Category: Entomology

Origin of wasp:

bef. 900; ME waspe, OE wæsp, metathetic var. of wæps, itself var. of wæfs, akin to OS wespa, wepsia, OHG wafsa, L vespa

wasp′like`(adj.)

WASPwɒsp(n.)

or Wasp

  1. a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

    Category: Status (usage)

  2. a member of the privileged, established white upper middle class in the U.S.

    Category: Status (usage)

  3. Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)

    Ref: Waspy 2

Origin of WASP:

1955–60

Princeton's WordNet

  1. WASP, white Anglo-Saxon Protestant(noun)

    a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination

  2. wasp(noun)

    social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. wasp(noun)ɒsp

    a stinging insect with black and yellow stripes

    He had been stung by a wasp.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wasp(noun)

    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


Translations for wasp

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

wasp(noun)

a type of winged insect having a sting and a slender waist.

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