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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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wispi·ly adv.

wispi·ness (wsp-ns) n.

wispy 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a flock of birds, esp snipe

vb

1. (intr; often foll by away) to move or act like a wisp

2. (tr) Chiefly Brit dialect to twist into a wisp

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) Chiefly Brit to groom (a horse) with a wisp of straw, etc.

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

wisplike  adj

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 She smoothed away a wisp of hair from her eyes.

Translations

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

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wisp [ˈwɪsp] n

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

[smoke] → volute f

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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

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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 suortuva brin, fil שֶמֶץ 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 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 wispy

wispy hair. yl شَعْرٌ مُخَصَّل малко jemný, chomáčkovitý tjavset buschig που έχουν τούφες tenue, delgado sasine دسته ای suortuvainen fin דָלִיל, דַק लच्छेदार čupav vékony tipis rytjulegur sottile ほっそりした 숱이 적은 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 一縷，一束 такий, що віхтями بے شکل mỏng manh 纤弱的