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Definitions for Wisp

[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.
[8] to twist into a wisp.
[9] a thin, light, delicate, or fibrous piece or strand, such as a streak of smoke or a lock of hair
[10] a small bundle, as of hay or straw
[11] anything slender and delicate a wisp of a girl
[12] a mere suggestion or hint
[13] a flock of birds, esp snipe
[14] (intr often foll by away ) to move or act like a wisp
[15] (tr) mainly British dialect to twist into a wisp
[16] (tr) mainly British to groom (a horse) with a wisp of straw, etc
[17] Wireless Information Service Provider: an internet service provider set up to deal with and deliver internet services to clients through wireless access points

Words related to Wisp

tuft, snippet, string, thread, lock, shock, twist, shred, bit, piece

Words nearby Wisp

wisht, wishy-washy, wiskott-aldrich syndrome, wislany zalew, wismar, wisp, wispy, wissler, wissler's syndrome, wist, wister

Origin of Wisp

1300–50; Middle English wisp, wips; akin to wipe

Other words from Wisp

wisp·like , adjective

Word origin for Wisp

C14: variant of wips, of obscure origin; compare wipe

Synonyms for Wisp

tuft, bit, lock, piece, shock, shred, snippet, string, thread, twist