wisp

wisp  (wsp)

n.

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

2.

a. One that is thin, frail, or slight.

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. See Synonyms at flock¹.

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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wispi·ly adv.

wispi·ness (wsp-ns) n.

wispy adj.

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wisp

Noun

1. a thin, delicate, or filmy piece or streak: little wisps of cloud

2. a small untidy bundle, tuft, or strand: a wisp of hair

3. a slight trace: a wisp of a smile [origin unknown]

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

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wisp

noun piece, twist, strand, thread, shred, snippet

Translations

wisp [wɪsp] n → mechón m [of smoke] → voluta

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wisp [wɪsp] n → fine mèche (de cheveux) [of smoke]; mince volute f;

a wisp of straw → un fétu de paille

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wisp [wɪsp] n [of grass] → Büschel nt [of hair] → Strähne f [of smoke] → Fahne f

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wisp [wɪsp] n → ciuffo, ciocca; [of smoke, straw] → filo