wisp
(noun) a small tuft or lock; “wisps of hair”
wisp
(noun) a flock of snipe
wisp
(noun) a small bundle of straw or hay
wisp
(noun) a small person; “a mere wisp of a girl”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
WISP (plural WISPs)
Acronym of wireless internet service provider. (wireless ISP)
• WiFi
• WiMax
• PWIs, WIPs
wisp (countable and uncountable, plural wisps)
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
A whisk, or small broom.
A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
(uncountable) A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
wisp (third-person singular simple present wisps, present participle wisping, simple past and past participle wisped)
To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
(UK, dialect) To rumple.
(intransitive) To produce a wisp, as of smoke.
• PWIs, WIPs
Source: Wiktionary
Wisp, n. Etym: [OE. wisp, wips; probably akin to D. & G. wisch, Icel. visk, and perhaps to L. virga a twig, rod. Cf. Verge a rod, Whisk, n.]
1. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance. In a small basket, on a wisp of hay. Dryden.
2. A whisk, or small broom.
3. A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus. The wisp that flickers where no foot can tread. Tennyson.
Wisp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wisped; p. pr. & vb. n. Wisping.]
1. To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
2. To rumple. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
