ALL meanings of wisp
wisp
W w - noun wisp loose strand: of hair 1
- noun wisp fine trail: of smoke 1
- noun wisp a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like. 1
- noun wisp any thin tuft, lock, mass, etc.: wisps of hair. 1
- noun wisp a thin puff or streak, as of smoke; slender trace. 1
- noun wisp a person or thing that is small, delicate, or barely discernible: a mere wisp of a lad; a wisp of a frown. 1
- noun wisp a whisk broom. 1
- noun wisp Chiefly British Dialect. a pad or twist of straw, as used to rub down a horse. a twisted bit of straw used as a torch. 1
- noun wisp a will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus. 1
- verb with object wisp to twist into a wisp. 1
- noun Technical meaning of wisp ["An Experiment with a Self-Compiling Compiler for a Simple List-Processing Language", M.V. Wilkes, Ann Rev Automatic Programming 4:1-48. (1964)]. 1
- noun wisp A small thin or twisted bunch, piece, or amount of something. 1
- countable noun wisp A wisp of hair is a small, thin, untidy bunch of it. 0
- countable noun wisp A wisp of something such as smoke or cloud is an amount of it in a long thin shape. 0
- noun wisp a thin, light, delicate, or fibrous piece or strand, such as a streak of smoke or a lock of hair 0
- noun wisp a small bundle, as of hay or straw 0
- noun wisp anything slender and delicate 0
- noun wisp a mere suggestion or hint 0
- noun wisp a flock of birds, esp snipe 0
- verb wisp to move or act like a wisp 0
- verb wisp to twist into a wisp 0
- verb wisp to groom (a horse) with a wisp of straw, etc 0
- noun acronym wisp Wireless Information Service Provider: an internet service provider set up to deal with and deliver internet services to clients through wireless access points 0
- noun wisp a small bundle or bunch, as of straw 0
- noun wisp a thin, slight, or filmy piece, strand, etc. 0
- noun wisp something delicate, frail, etc. 0
- abbreviation WISP will-o'-the-wisp 0
- verb transitive wisp to roll into a wisp 0
- noun wisp A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group. 0
- noun wisp A whisk, or small broom. 0
- noun wisp A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus. 0
- verb wisp To brush or dress, as with a wisp. 0
- verb wisp (Britain, dialect) To rumple. 0
- verb wisp (Intransitive Verb) To produce a wisp, as of smoke. 0