Wisp (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.
  2. any thin tuft, lock, mass, etc.: wisps of hair.
  3. a thin puff or streak, as of smoke; slender trace.
  4. a person or thing that is small, delicate, or barely discernible: a mere wisp of a lad; a wisp of a frown.
  5. a whisk broom.
  6. 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.
  7. a will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus.
verb (used with object)
  1. to twist into a wisp.
noun
  1. a thin, light, delicate, or fibrous piece or strand, such as a streak of smoke or a lock of hair
  2. a small bundle, as of hay or straw
  3. anything slender and delicate
  4. a mere suggestion or hint
  5. a flock of birds, esp snipe
verb
  1. to move or act like a wisp
  2. to twist into a wisp
  3. to groom (a horse) with a wisp of straw, etc
n acronym for
  1. Wireless Information Service Provider: an internet service provider set up to deal with and deliver internet services to clients through wireless access points
Wisp (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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