1syllable
wisp
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Definitions ofwisp
1noun
- A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
Example: "A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind."
- A whisk, or small broom.
- A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
- An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
- A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
1verb
- To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
- To rumple.
- To produce a wisp, as of smoke.
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