Definitions of wisp [ɪsp]
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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)
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| Definition of 'wisp' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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
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| Definition of 'wisp' |
Webster Dictionary |
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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
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Sense: thin strand
a wisp of hair; a wisp of smoke.
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Afrikaans: rokie |
Arabic: خُصْلَةٌ من الشَّعْر |
Bulgarian: стиска |
Brazilian: escovar / esfregar |
Czech: pramínek, proužek, chomáč |
German: das Büschel, der Fetzen |
Danish: tot |
Greek: τσουλούφι, τούφα, νήμα |
Spanish: brizna, mechón, voluta |
Estonian: kihar, pahvak |
Farsi: دسته |
Finnish: suortuva |
French: brin, fil |
Hebrew: שֶמֶץ |
Hindi: लच्छा |
Croatian: svežanj, čuperak |
Hungarian: foszlány |
Indonesian: berkas tipis |
Icelandic: lokkur |
Italian: ciuffo; filo |
Japanese: 一 すじ |
Korean: 한 움큼 |
Lithuanian: sruoga, gija |
Latvian: šķipsna; cirta; (dūmu u.t |
Malay: secekak; sedikit; seberka |
Dutch: sliert |
Norwegian: tust, dott, strime |
Polish: pasemko |
Persian: دسته |
Pashto: وړه كوده (دوښو، ټانټو): ك |
Portuguese: fio |
Romanian: şuviţă; fir; mănunchi, le |
Russian: клок; струйка |
Slovak: pramienok, prúžok |
Slovenian: pramen |
Serbian: pramen |
Swedish: slinga, strimma |
Thai: ปอยเล็ก ๆ |
Turkish: tutam, lüle; iz |
Taiwanese: 一縷,一束 |
Ukrainian: жмуток, віхоть |
Urdu: گھاس وغیرہ کا گچھا |
Vietnamese: bó; mớ |
Chinese: 一缕,一束 |
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