WASP

Meaning of WASP in English

n. (also WASP) US usu. derog. a middle-class American White Protestant descended from early European settlers. Waspy adj. (also WASPy).

[ White Anglo- Saxon Protestant ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012

WASP — or Wasp noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: white Anglo-Saxon Protestant Date: 1957 an American of Northern European and especially British …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WASP — I. ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæfs, wæsp; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WASP — /wosp/ , Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. n. 1. a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. 2. a member of the privileged, established white …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WASP — see WASP
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — or Wasp ˈwäsp, ˈwȯsp Usage: often attributive Etymology: w hite A nglo- S axon P rotestant Date: 1957 sometimes disparaging …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — noun Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæsp; akin to Old High German wafsa wasp, Latin vespa wasp …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP — (also WASP ) ■ noun N. Amer. an upper- or middle-class North American white Protestant, regarded as a member of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WASP — [wasp] n [ME waspe, fr. OE waeps, waesp; akin to OHG wafsa wasp, L vespa wasp] (bef. 12c) 1: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WASP — any stinging member (formerly called Aculeata) of the insect suborder Apocrita (order Hymenoptera), other than bees and ants, as well …
Britannica English vocabulary
WASP — wasp, WASP, Wasp BrE AmE wɒsp AmE wɑːsp ▷ wasps, WASPs, Wasps wɒsps AmE wɑːsps
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WASP — / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun a black and yellow flying insect that can sting : a wasp sting a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — ➡ Wasp
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — (also WASP ) / wɒsp; NAmE wɑːsp; wɔːsp/ noun ( especially NAmE , usually disapproving ) the abbreviation for 'White …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — WASP /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] American English (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) an American whose family was originally …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — wasp /wɒsp $ wɑːsp, wɒːsp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wæps , wæsp ] a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WASP — n. 1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WASP — n.1 a stinging often flesh-eating insect of the order Hymenoptera, esp. the common social wasp Vespa vulgaris, with black and …
Oxford English vocab
WASP — ( WASPs) WASP is used to refer to the people in American society whose ancestors came from northern Europe, especially …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had long sympathized with liberal causes and felt uncomfortable at the privileges his WASP …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a wasps'/hornets' nest ▪ a wasps' nest in the attic EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Adult …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WASP — (INSECT) [noun] [C] - a black and yellow flying insect which can sting youKeep still - there's a wasp near …
Cambridge English vocab
WASP — (PERSON), Wasp [noun] [C] [esp. US] [disapproving] - White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (= a white American whose family originally came from …
Cambridge English vocab
WASP — noun WASP + VERB ▪ crawl , fly ▪ sting sb ▪ buzz WASP + NOUN ▪ sting ▪ nest …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WASP — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Don's a WASP and I'm a WASP, but we have different beliefs.
English Idioms vocab
WASP — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Don's a WASP and I'm a WASP, but we have different beliefs.
English Idioms vocabulary
WASP — wasp.ogg wɒsp n зоол. оса ( Vespoidae ) wasp s' nest, nest of wasps - осиное гнездо, скопище врагов
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WASP — I wasp сокр. от White Anglo-Saxon Protestant"белая кость" ("истинный американец", "американская аристократия"; американцы англо-саксонского происхождения и протестантского вероисповедания считали себя …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WASP — I wasp.wav сокр. от White Anglo-Saxon Protestant "белая кость" ("истинный американец", "американская аристократия"; американцы англо-саксонского происхождения и протестантского вероисповедания считали себя и …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WASP — 1) оса (Vespa); pl настоящие осы (Vespidae), pl складчатокрылые осы (Vespidae) 2) pl роющие осы (Sphecidae) • - agaontid wasps - aphid wasps - bedeguar …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WASP — 1) оса ( Vespa ) ; pl настоящие осы ( Vespidae ) , pl складчатокрылые осы ( Vespidae ) 2) …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WASP — vespe (-iere)
English interlingue dictionary
WASP — lampinig
English-Visayan vocabulary
WASP — Any of more than 20,000, usually winged, insect species in the order Hymenoptera. The abdomen is attached to the thorax …
Английский словарь Британика
WASP — (n.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, …
Английский словарь Webster
WASP — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WASP — — wasplike , adj. /wosp/ , n. 1. any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WASP — n. social insect with membranous wings and a slender body that tapers to a point with a stinging organ at …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WASP — American who is of northern European heritage and belongs to the Protestant Church (considered to be the privileged class in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WASP — noun any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, ·esp. any of the numerous species of the genus vespa, …
Webster English vocab
WASP — n. digger wasp fig wasp gall wasp ichneumon wasp mason wasp paper wasp sea wasp trichogramma wasp wasp waist wasp …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WASP — n. Pronunciation: ' wäsp, ' wo ̇ sp Function: noun Etymology: Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæsp; akin …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WASP — n. Variant: or Wasp Pronunciation: ' wäsp, ' wo ̇ sp Function: noun Usage: often attrib Etymology: w hite A …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WASP — ■ noun 1》 a social insect with a narrow-waisted, typically black and yellow striped body, which carries a sting and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WASP — n. (also WASP) US usu. derog. a middle-class American White Protestant descended from early European settlers. øøWaspy adj. (also WASPy). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WASP — n. (also WASP) US usu. derog. a middle-class American White Protestant descended from early European settlers. Derivatives: Waspy adj. (also …
Oxford English vocab
WASP — ( wasps) A wasp is an insect with wings and yellow and black stripes across its body. Wasps have a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WASP — (~s) ~ is used to refer to the people in American society whose ancestors came from northern Europe, especially England, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WASP — n. Any of more than 20,000, usually winged, insect species in the order Hymenoptera. The abdomen is attached to the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WASP
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WASP — An infected prostitute, who like a wasp carries a sting in her tail.
Slang English vocab
WASP — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
WASP — ➡ Wasp
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
WASP — ( also WASP ) ( in full white Anglo-Saxon Protestant ) n ( AmE sometimes disapprov ) a white person …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
WASP — n. ~s sting
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
WASP — paws swap
Anagrams English vocabulary
WASP — Wireless Application Service Provider
Computer Acronyms English vocab
WASP — What A Strange Person White Anglo Saxon Pagan :-) White Anglo Saxon Protestant For more possible definitions for WASP , …
Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations English vocabulary
WASP — Any of numerous insects of the superfamilies Vespoidea and Sphecoidea (order Hymenoptera). Wasps are social or solitary living insects, having …
English Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection
WASP — сущ. оса (зоология) оса (Vespoidae) > *'s nest, nest of *s осиное гнездо, скопище врагов wasp оса
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASP — I сокр. от White Anglo-Saxon Protestant "белая кость" ("истинный американец", "американская аристократия"; американцы англо-саксонского происхождения и протестантского вероисповедания считали себя …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASP — [Web Standards Project] рабочая группа по разработке Web-стандартов
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASP — Оса
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WASP — White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
Русско-Американский Английский словарь

Concise Oxford English Dictionary

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