wisp

[wisp]

A wisp is a thin bit or thread of something. Even after you put out a campfire, there may be little wisps of smoke in the air above it.

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A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.

Noun
a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"

Noun
a flock of snipe

Noun
a small bundle of straw or hay

Noun
a small person; "a mere wisp of a girl"

n.
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.

n.
A whisk, or small broom.

n.
A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.

v. t.
To brush or dress, an with a wisp.

v. t.
To rumple.

Wisp

Wisp , n. [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.

2. A whisk, or small broom. 3. A Will-o'-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.

The wisp that flickers where no foot can tread.

Wisp

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.

A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.

To brush or dress, an with a wisp.

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Usage Examples

There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.

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