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wisp

 (wĭsp)
n.
1. A small bunch or bundle, as of straw, hair, or grass.
2.
a. One that is thin, frail, or slight: "a little wisp of a kid, ten years old" (William Lychack).
b. A thin or faint streak or fragment, as of smoke or clouds.
3. A fleeting trace or indication; a hint: a wisp of a smile.
4. A flock of birds, especially snipe.
5. See ignis fatuus.
v. wisped, wisp·ing, wisps
v.tr.
To twist into wisps or a wisp.
v.intr.
To drift in wisps: smoke wisping from chimneys.
[Middle English.]
wisp′i·ly adv.
wisp′i·ness (wĭs′pē-nĭs) n.
wisp′y adj.
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wispy

(ˈwɪspɪ)
adj, wispier or wispiest
wisplike; delicate, faint, light, etc
ˈwispily adv
ˈwispiness n
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wisp•y

(ˈwɪs pi)

also wisp′ish,



adj. wisp•i•er, wisp•i•est.
being a wisp or in wisps.
[1710–20]
wisp′i•ly, adv.
wisp′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.wispy - thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson
wisplike
lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
2.wispy - lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
dim, faint, shadowy, vague
indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
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wispy

adjective
1. straggly, fine, thin, frail, wisplike Grey wispy hair straggled down to her shoulders.
2. thin, light, fine, delicate, fragile, flimsy, ethereal, insubstantial, gossamer, diaphanous, wisplike a wispy chiffon dress
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Translations
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wispy

[ˈwɪspɪ] ADJ [hair] → ralo, fino; [cloud] → tenue
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wispy

[ˈwɪspi] adj
[hair] → qui pousse en mèches éparses
[cloud] → fin(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wispy

adj (+er) grass → dürr, fein; girl → zerbrechlich, zart; wispy clouds → Wolkenfetzen pl; wispy hair → dünne Haarbüschel
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wispy

[ˈwɪspɪ] adj (hair) → fine, sottile; (clouds) → vaporoso/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wisp

(wisp) noun
thin strand. a wisp of hair; a wisp of smoke.
ˈwispy adjective
wispy hair.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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