What does WISP mean?
Definitions for WISP
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Princeton's WordNet
wispnoun
a small tuft or lock
"wisps of hair"
wispnoun
a small person
"a mere wisp of a girl"
wispnoun
a small bundle of straw or hay
wispnoun
a flock of snipe
Wiktionary
wispnoun
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
Etymology: ; akin to / wispel 'measure of grain', Norwegian bokmål/Swedish/Bornholm Danish visp 'handful or bundle of grass, hay, etc'.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wispnoun
A small bundle, as of hay or straw.
Etymology: wisp, Swedish, and old Dutch.
A gentleman would fast five days, without meat, bread, or drink; but the same used to have continually a great wisp of herbs that he smelled on: and amongst those, some esculent herbs of strong scent, as onions. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
Jews, who their whole wealth can lay
In a small basket, on a wisp of hay. Dryden.
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wisp
A wisp is a small, thin, or faint trace or amount of something, typically something abstract like a characteristic or quality. It can also refer to a thin or fleeting element in the physical world, such as a small puff or strand of smoke, a thin streak of cloud, or a frail or slender person. The term is also used to refer to a small bundle of straw or hair.
Webster Dictionary
Wispnoun
a small bundle, as of straw or other like substance
Wispnoun
a whisk, or small broom
Wispnoun
a Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus
Wispverb
to brush or dress, an with a wisp
Wispverb
to rumple
Etymology: [OE. wisp, wips; probably akin to D. & G. wisch, Icel. visk, and perhaps to L. virga a twig, rod. Cf. Verge a rod, Whisk, n.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Wisp
wisp, n. a small bundle of straw or hay: a small broom: will-o'-the-wisp: a disease affecting the feet of cattle.—v.t. to rub down with a wisp.—adj. Wis′py, like a wisp. [M. E. wisp, wips, conn. with wipe; cf. Low Ger. wiep, Norw. vippa, a wisp.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of WISP in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of WISP in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of WISP in a Sentence
One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever come to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way.
There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
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