wisp

wisp

 (wĭsp)

n.

1. A small bunch or bundle, as of straw, hair, or grass.

2.

a. One that is thin, frail, or slight: "a little wisp of a kid, ten years old" (William Lychack).

b. A thin or faint streak or fragment, as of smoke or clouds.

3. A fleeting trace or indication; a hint: a wisp of a smile.

4. A flock of birds, especially snipe.

5. See ignis fatuus.

v. wisped, wisp·ing, wisps

v.tr.

To twist into wisps or a wisp.

v.intr.

To drift in wisps: smoke wisping from chimneys.

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[Middle English.]

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wisp′i·ly adv.

wisp′i·ness (wĭs′pē-nĭs) n.

wisp′y adj.

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wisp

(wɪsp)

n

1. a thin, light, delicate, or fibrous piece or strand, such as a streak of smoke or a lock of hair

2. (Agriculture) a small bundle, as of hay or straw

3. anything slender and delicate: a wisp of a girl.

4. a mere suggestion or hint

5. (Zoology) a flock of birds, esp snipe

vb

6. (often foll by: away) to move or act like a wisp

7. (tr) chiefly dialect Brit to twist into a wisp

8. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) chiefly Brit to groom (a horse) with a wisp of straw, etc

[C14: variant of wips, of obscure origin; compare wipe]

ˈwispˌlike adj

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WISP

(wɪsp)

n acronym for

(Communications & Information) Wireless Information Service Provider: an internet service provider set up to deal with and deliver internet services to clients through wireless access points

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wisp

(wɪsp)

n.

1. a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.

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

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

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

5. will-o'-the-wisp.

v.t., v.i.

6. to twist into a wisp.

[1300–50; Middle English wisp, wips; akin to wipe]

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wisp

Past participle: wisped
Gerund: wisping

Imperative

wisp

wisp

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wisp - a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair" tuft, tussock - a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
	2.	wisp - a small person; "a mere wisp of a girl" small person - a person of below average size
	3.	wisp - a small bundle of straw or hay bundle, package, packet, parcel - a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
	4.	wisp - a flock of snipe snipe - Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks flock - a group of birds

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

wisp

noun piece, twist, strand, thread, shred, snippet She smoothed away a wisp of hair from her eyes.

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Translations

خُصْلَةٌ من الشَّعْر

tot

BüschelFetzen

brin

lokkur

filomanciata

gijastyrantis

cirtamutulītisšķipsnastrūkliņa

sliert

tust

şuviţăşuviţe

клочок

pramienok

izlületutam

一束一缕

wisp

[wɪsp] N [of hair] → mechón m; [of cloud, smoke] → voluta f; [of straw] → manojo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wisp

[ˈwɪsp] n

[hair] → mèche f
a wisp of straw → un fétu de paille

[smoke] → volute f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wisp

n

(of straw, hair etc) → kleines Büschel; (of cloud) → Fetzen m; (of smoke) → Fahne f, → Wölkchen nt

(= person) → elfenhaftes or zartes or zerbrechliches Geschöpf

(= trace) → zarte Spur or Andeutung; (= fragment) → Hauch m

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wisp

[wɪsp] n (of straw, smoke) → filo; (of hair) → ciuffetto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wisp

(wisp) noun

thin strand. a wisp of hair; a wisp of smoke. rokie خُصْلَةٌ من الشَّعْر стиска escovar / esfregar pramínek, proužek, chomáček das Büschel, der Fetzen tot τσουλούφι, τούφα, νήμαbrizna, mechón, voluta kihar, pahvak دسته suortuva brin, filשמץ लच्छा svežanj, čuperak foszlány berkas tipis lokkur ciuffo; filo 一 すじ 한 움큼 sruoga, gija šķipsna; cirta; (dūmu u.tml.) strūkliņa; mutulītis secekak; sedikit; seberkas; sekepul slierttust, dott, strime pasemko وړه كوده (دوښو، ټانټو): كلو ښته يا غونچه (دويښتانو) مجازاء وړوكى، تنكى: لږ، خاشه، بوټى fio şuviţă; fir; mănunchi, legă­tură клок; струика pramienok, prúžok pramen pramen slinga, strimma ปอยเล็ก ๆ tutam, lüle; iz 一縷，一束 жмуток, віхоть گھاس وغیرہ کا گچھا bó; mớ 一缕，一束

ˈwispy adjective

wispy hair. yl شَعْرٌ مُخَصَّل малко fino jemný, chomáčkovitý buschig tjavset που έχουν τούφες tenue, delgado sasine دسته ای suortuvainen finדליל, דק लच्छेदार čupav vékony tipis rytjulegur sottile ほっそりした 숱이 적은 plonas, styrantis (par matiem) plāni, savēlušies secekak sliertig tustet, pjusket, tjafsetwiotki بوټى fino cu şuviţe редкий jemný štrenast u pramenovima tovig, stripig ซึ่งเป็นมัดเล็ก ๆ bir tutam; incecik 一縷，一束 такий, що віхтями بے شکل mỏng manh 小束，纤弱的

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