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Dictionary: wisp   (wĭsp) pronunciation
n.
  1. A small bunch or bundle, as of straw, hair, or grass.
    1. One that is thin, frail, or slight.
    2. A thin or faint streak or fragment, as of smoke or clouds.
  2. A fleeting trace or indication; a hint: a wisp of a smile.
  3. A flock of birds, especially snipe. See synonyms at flock1.
  4. 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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(1) (Wireless ISP) An ISP that provides fixed or mobile wireless services to its customers. Using Wi-Fi or proprietary wireless methods, WISPs provide last mile access to rural areas and small villages as well as industrial parks at the edge of town. For example, Clearwire Corporation is a WISP that uses a preliminary version of WiMAX to deliver the Internet to customers in the U.S., Ireland, Belgium and Denmark (see WiMAX). See ISP, fixed wireless, WISPr and 802.11.

(2) A Web payment service from Trivnet, Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel (www.trivnet.com). It specializes in premium digital content that is billed to Internet service provider (ISP), telephone company or credit card accounts. WISP uses patented technology that recognizes you online so there is nothing to download and no password to remember. If the merchant uses the credit card facility, your credit card information has to be entered one time. WISP supports micropayments and charges the account at the end of the month. See Web payment service.

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

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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: a small tuft or lock

Meaning #2: a small person

Meaning #3: a small bundle of straw or hay

Meaning #4: a flock of snipe


Translations: Wisp
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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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