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Definition of 'wisp' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) wisp
a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.

2.  wisp
any thin tuft, lock, mass, etc.:
wisps of hair.

3.  wisp
a thin puff or streak, as of smoke; slender trace.

4.  wisp
a person or thing that is small, delicate, or barely discernible.

5. (v.i.) wisp
to twist into a wisp.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME wisp, wips; akin to wipe)

Definition of 'wisp' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) wisp
a small tuft or lock
"wisps of hair"

2. (noun) wisp
a small person
"a mere wisp of a girl"

3. (noun) wisp
a small bundle of straw or hay

4. (noun) wisp
a flock of snipe


Definition of 'wisp' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) wisp
a small bundle, as of straw or other like substance

2. (noun) wisp
a whisk, or small broom

3. (noun) wisp
a Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus

4. (verb) wisp
to brush or dress, an with a wisp

5. (verb) wisp
to rumple


Translation of 'wisp' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: thin strand
a wisp of hair; a wisp of smoke.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: rokie Arabic flag Arabic: خُصْلَةٌ من الشَّعْر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: стиска
Brazilian flag Brazilian: escovar / esfregar Czech flag Czech: pramínek, proužek, chomáč German flag German: das Büschel, der Fetzen
Danish flag Danish: tot Greek flag Greek: τσουλούφι, τούφα, νήμα Spanish flag Spanish: brizna, mechón, voluta
Estonian flag Estonian: kihar, pahvak Farsi flag Farsi: دسته Finnish flag Finnish: suortuva
French flag French: brin, fil Hebrew flag Hebrew: שֶמֶץ Hindi flag Hindi: लच्छा
Croatian flag Croatian: svežanj, čuperak Hungarian flag Hungarian: foszlány Indonesian flag Indonesian: berkas tipis
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lokkur Italian flag Italian: ciuffo; filo Japanese flag Japanese: 一  すじ
Korean flag Korean: 한 움큼 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sruoga, gija Latvian flag Latvian: šķipsna; cirta; (dūmu u.t
Malay flag Malay: secekak; sedikit; seberka Dutch flag Dutch: sliert Norwegian flag Norwegian: tust, dott, strime
Polish flag Polish: pasemko Persian flag Persian: دسته Pashto flag Pashto: وړه كوده (دوښو، ټانټو): ك
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fio Romanian flag Romanian: şuviţă; fir; mănunchi, le Russian flag Russian: клок; струйка
Slovak flag Slovak: pramienok, prúžok Slovenian flag Slovenian: pramen Serbian flag Serbian: pramen
Swedish flag Swedish: slinga, strimma Thai flag Thai: ปอยเล็ก ๆ Turkish flag Turkish: tutam, lüle; iz
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 一縷,一束 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: жмуток, віхоть Urdu flag Urdu: گھاس وغیرہ کا گچھا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bó; mớ Chinese flag Chinese: 一缕,一束

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'wisp' - Nearby Entries  

wish well  wish-wash  wishy-washy  wisp  wisplike  wispy  wistaria  



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