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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

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

a wisp of straw → un fétu de paille

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

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

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wisp

n wisp [wisp]

thin strand a wisp of hair; a wisp of smoke. rokie خُصْلَةٌ من الشَّعْر стиска pramínek, proužek, chomáček tot das Büschel, der Fetzen τσουλούφι, τούφα, νήμα brizna, mechón, voluta kihar, pahvak دسته kiehkura brin, fil שֶמֶץ लच्छा svežanj, čuperak foszlány berkas tipis lokkur ciuffo; filo 一 すじ 한 웅큼, 작은 다발, 가닥 sruoga, gija šķipsna; cirta; (dūmu u.tml.) strūkliņa; mutulītis secekak; sedikit; seberkas; sekepul sliert tust, dott, strime pasemko fio şuviţă; fir; mănunchi, legă­tură клок; струйка 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

adj ˈwispy

wispy hair. yl شَعْرٌ مُخَصَّل малко jemný, chomáčkovitý tjavset buschig που έχουν τούφες tenue, delgado sasine دسته ای hapsottava fin דָלִיל, דַק लच्छेदार čupav vékony tipis rytjulegur sottile ほっそりした 성긴 plonas, styrantis (par matiem) plāni, savēlušies secekak sliertig tustet, pjusket, tjafset wiotki fino cu şuviţe редкий jemný štrenast u pramenovima tovig, stripig ซึ่งเป็นมัดเล็ก ๆ bir tutam; incecik 纖弱的 такий, що віхтями بے شکل mỏng manh 纤弱的