WISP meaning: Thin, delicate strand or thread

We found 42 dictionaries that define the word wisp:

General (29 matching dictionaries)

wisp: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
wisp: Merriam-Webster
wisp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
wisp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
wisp: Collins English Dictionary
wisp: Vocabulary.com
Wisp, wisp: Wordnik
wisp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
WISP, wisp: Wiktionary
wisp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
wisp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
wisp: Infoplease Dictionary
wisp: Dictionary.com
wisp: Online Etymology Dictionary
wisp: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Wisp (musician), Wisp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Wisp: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
wisp: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
wisp: Rhymezone
Wisp: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
wisp: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
WiSP: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
Wisp: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
wisp: FreeDictionary.org
wisp: Mnemonic Dictionary
wisp: TheFreeDictionary.com
wisp: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)

BuzzWhack (No longer online)

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)

Wisp: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
WISP: Netlingo
Webopedia (No longer online)
SMS Dictionary (No longer online)
wisp: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)
wisp: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

WISP: Acronym Finder
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)

Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

WISP: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
▸ noun:  A whisk, or small broom.
▸ noun:  A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
▸ noun:  An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A flock of snipe.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
▸ verb:  (UK, dialect, obsolete) To rumple.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To produce a wisp, as of smoke.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To emit in wisps.
▸ noun:  Acronym of wireless internet service provider. (wireless ISP)

Similar:

whisp, windling, wicker, withe, waif, with, wich, wickerwork, string, wick, more...

Opposite:

bulk, mass, volume

Types:

curl, lock, ringlet, coil, twist, braid, more...

Phrases:

will o the wisp, will o' the wisp, will o wisp, will of the wisp, will with the wisp, more...

Adjectives:

the, thin, little, mere, tiny, faint, will, fine, gray, occasional, slight

Colors:

pale blue, lavender, soft pink, whisper white, light lilac, more...