WASP 1 or Wasp (w sp, wôsp)n. 1. A white Protestant of Anglo-Saxon ancestry. 2. A white, usually Protestant member of the American upper social class. [W(hite) A(nglo-)S(axon) P(rotestant).] WASP  i·ness, WASPish·ness n.WASP y, WASPish adj. |
| WASP 2 or Wasp (wäsp) n. A member of Women's Airforce Service Pilots, organized during World War II as part of the U.S. Army Air Forces to ferry aircraft and to test new aircraft. The organization was disbanded in 1944. [From W(omen's) A(irforce) S(ervice) P(ilots).] |
| WASP 3 abbr. Women's Airforce Service Pilots |
| wasp (wsp, wôsp) n. Any of numerous social or solitary insects, chiefly of the superfamilies Vespoidea and Sphecoidea, having a slender body with a constricted abdomen, two pairs of membranous wings, mouths adapted for biting or sucking, and in the females an ovipositor often modified as a sting. [Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæsp.] wasp y adj. |
wasp [wɒsp]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any social hymenopterous insect of the family Vespidae, esp Vespula vulgaris (common wasp), typically having a black-and-yellow body and an ovipositor specialized for stinging See also potter wasp, hornet Related adj vespine
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various solitary hymenopterans, such as the digger wasp and gall wasp
[Old English wæsp; related to Old Saxon waspa, Old High German wefsa, Latin vespa]
wasplike adj
waspy adj
waspily adv
waspiness n
Wasp, WASP [wɒsp]
n (in the US)
acronym for
(Sociology) White Anglo-Saxon Protestant: a person descended from N European, usually Protestant stock, forming a group often considered the most dominant, privileged, and influential in American society
Waspy adj
wasp - The insect traces back to an Indo-European root meaning "weave."
See also related terms for weave.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | WASP - a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination Protestant - an adherent of Protestantism |
| 2. | wasp - social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect - insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing vespid, vespid wasp - mostly social nest-building wasps velvet ant - a solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae; the body has a coat of brightly colored velvety hair and the females are wingless sphecoid, sphecoid wasp - any of various solitary wasps cynipid gall wasp, cynipid wasp, gall wasp, gallfly - small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants |
wasp noun see ants, bees, and wasps
Translations
wasp [wɒsp]
WASP Wasp n abbr (Am) =White Anglo-Saxon Protestant → W.A.S.P. m =bianco protestante anglosassone
wasp [wɒsp] n → vespa
wasp's nest → nido di vespe
wasp [wɒsp] n → vespa
wasp's nest → nido di vespe
n wasp [wosp]
a type of winged insect having a sting and a slender waist. wesp, perdeby زُنْبور оса vosa hveps die Wespe σφήκα avispa herilane زنبور ampiainen guêpe צִרעָה भिड़, बर्रे osa darázs lebah vespa, geitungur vespa すずめばち 말벌 vapsva lapsene penyengat wesp veps osa vespa viespe оса osa osa osa geting แตน; ต่อ eşek arısı 黃蜂 оса زنبور ong bắp cày 黄蜂
WASP → دبور vosa hveps Wespe σφήκα avispa ampiainen guêpe osa vespa スズメバチ 말벌 wesp veps osa vespa оса geting ตัวแตน ตัวต่อ eşekarısı ong bắp cày 黄蜂
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