WISP


Meaning of WISP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ wɪsp ]

( wisps)

1.

A wisp of hair is a small, thin, untidy bunch of it.

She smoothed away a wisp of hair from her eyes.

N-COUNT : usu N of n

2.

A wisp of something such as smoke or cloud is an amount of it in a long thin shape.

A thin wisp of smoke straggled up through the trees.

N-COUNT : usu N of n

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