wisp
/wɪsp/
noun
- 1
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
“A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.”
- 2
A whisk, or small broom.
- 3
A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
- 4
An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
- 5
A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
verb
- 1
To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
- 2
To rumple.
- 3
To produce a wisp, as of smoke.
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