wispy

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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wisp′i·ly adv.

wisp′i·ness (wĭs′pē-nĭs) n.

wisp′y adj.

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wispy

(ˈwɪspɪ)

adj, wispier or wispiest

wisplike; delicate, faint, light, etc

ˈwispily adv

ˈwispiness n

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wisp•y

(ˈwɪs pi)

also wisp′ish,

adj. wisp•i•er, wisp•i•est.

being a wisp or in wisps.

[1710–20]

wisp′i•ly, adv.

wisp′i•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	wispy - thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson wisplike lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
	2.	wispy - lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" dim, faint, shadowy, vague indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

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wispy

adjective

1. straggly, fine, thin, frail, wisplike Grey wispy hair straggled down to her shoulders.

2. thin, light, fine, delicate, fragile, flimsy, ethereal, insubstantial, gossamer, diaphanous, wisplike a wispy chiffon dress

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Translations

شَعْرٌ مُخَصَّل

tjavset

buschig

fin

rytjulegur

a ciuffi

tustet

bir tutamincecik

小束纤弱的

wispy

[ˈwɪspɪ] ADJ [hair] → ralo, fino; [cloud] → tenue

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wispy

[ˈwɪspi] adj

[hair] → qui pousse en mèches éparses

[cloud] → fin(e)

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wispy

adj (+er) grass → dürr, fein; girl → zerbrechlich, zart; wispy clouds → Wolkenfetzen pl; wispy hair → dünne Haarbüschel

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wispy

[ˈwɪspɪ] adj (hair) → fine, sottile; (clouds) → vaporoso/a

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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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