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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wisp /wɪsp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a small bundle of straw or hay.
- a thin lock of hair.
- a thin puff or streak, as of smoke.
- a person or thing that is small or delicate.
wisp•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wisp (wisp),USA pronunciation n. - a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.
- any thin tuft, lock, mass, etc.:wisps of hair.
- a thin puff or streak, as of smoke;
slender trace. - a person or thing that is small, delicate, or barely discernible:a mere wisp of a lad; a wisp of a frown.
- a whisk broom.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit. Dial.]
- a pad or twist of straw, as used to rub down a horse.
- a twisted bit of straw used as a torch.
- a will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus.
v.t. - to twist into a wisp.
- 1300–50; Middle English wisp, wips; akin to wipe
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