Wisp

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small bunch or bundle, as of straw, hair, or grass.
  • n. One that is thin, frail, or slight.
  • n. A thin or faint streak or fragment, as of smoke or clouds.
  • n. A fleeting trace or indication; a hint: a wisp of a smile.
  • n. A flock of birds, especially snipe. See Synonyms at flock1.
  • n. See ignis fatuus.
  • v. To twist into wisps or a wisp.
  • verb-intransitive. To drift in wisps: smoke wisping from chimneys.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
  • v. To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
  • v. To rumple.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.
  • n. A whisk, or small broom.
  • n. A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.
  • v. To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
  • v. To rumple.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A handful or small bundle, as of straw or hay; a twisted handful.
  • n. A whisk, or small broom.
  • n. An ignis fatuus, or will-o'-the-wisp.
  • n. A disease in cattle, consisting in inflammation and suppuration of the interdigital tissues, most commonly of the hind feet.
  • n. In falconry, a flight or walk of snipe.
  • To brush, dress, or rub down with or as with a wisp.
  • To rumple.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small person
  • n. a small tuft or lock
  • n. a flock of snipe
  • n. a small bundle of straw or hay
  • Verb Form
    wisped    wisping    wisps   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    small person    tuft    tussock    flock    parcel    package    bundle    packet   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Lisp    crisp    lisp   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tuft    swirl    strand    streamer    puff    haze    sheen    wreath    glimmer    shred