wisp

(wĭsp)
n.

1. A small bunch or bundle, as of straw, hair, or grass.
2. 1. One that is thin, frail, or slight.
   2. 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. See synonyms at flock¹.
5. See ignis fatuus (sense 1).

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.]

wispily wisp'i·ly adv.
wispiness wisp'i·ness (wĭs'pē-nĭs) n.
wispy wisp'y adj.

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A large, sponge-like piece of grooming apparatus home-made of woven straw.

For a list of words related to wispy, see:

• Small, short, or thin
• Sickly, out of shape, dull, or weak
• Weak, Fearful, or Anxious

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - visk, tot, tjavs, dusk, splejs
v. tr. - tjavse
v. intr. - drive som tynde røgskyer

Nederlands (Dutch)
pluk

Français (French)
n. - mèche, brin, volute (fumée), langue (d'une flamme)
v. tr. - tourner en volutes
v. intr. - s'élever en volutes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Büschel, Bündel, Handvoll, Fetzen, schmächtige Person
v. - zusammendrehen, in Büscheln od. Fetzen hervorkommen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χειρόβολο, τούφα, απειροελάχιστη ποσότητα, ίχνος, υποψία, τολύπη (καπνού κ.λπ.), τσουλούφι
v. - τρίβω (άλογο) με άχυρο

Italiano (Italian)
ciocca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cacho (m), fragmento (m), paveia (f)
v. - enrolar

Русский (Russian)
пучок, прядь, жгут, бумажный шарик, дымок, веник, обтирать соломой, сеном, свертывать в жгут, комкать, улетучиваться, затягивать дымкой, падать прядями (о волосах)

Español (Spanish)
n. - mechón, manojo, vestigio
v. tr. - hacer atados de, reunir en haz, hacer manojos de
v. intr. - surgir en mechones o manojos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hötapp, tott, tofs, knippe, slinga, dammviska
v. - borsta, vrida

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小把, 小捆, 小束, 把...卷成一捆, 成为一缕缕, 一缕缕地飘动

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小把, 小捆, 小束
v. tr. - 把...捲成一捆
v. intr. - 成為一縷縷, 一縷縷地飄動

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 묶음, 작은 물건, 언뜻 스치는 표정
v. tr. - 작은 묶음이 되게 말다
v. intr. - 작은 묶음 모양으로 말리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小さな束, 房, 一筋, ほっそりしたもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حفنه, حزمه صغيرة من قش, خصله, قطعه رفيعه, شيء هزيل, لفافه ورقيه, مقشه (فعل) يلف, يفتل, ينبعث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צרור, אגודה, כריכה, חתיכה, אדם קטן ורזה, פיסה דקה (של בד), להקת חרטומנים (ציפור)‬
v. tr. - ‮צרר, כרך‬
v. intr. - ‮נצרר או נערם בצרורות‬

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