WASP WAIST

Meaning of WASP WAIST in English

— wasp-waisted , adj.

a woman's slender waistline, esp. when the result of tight corseting.

[ 1865-70 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

WASP WAIST — noun Date: 1870 a very slender waist, wasp-waisted adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WASP WAIST — noun : a very slender waist ; specifically : a woman's tightly laced waistline
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WASP WAIST — Date: 1870 : a very slender waist • wasp-waist·ed ˈwäsp-ˈwā-stəd, ˈwȯsp- adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WASP WAIST — Function: noun Date: 1833 : a very slender waist – wasp-waist · ed \ ' wäsp- ' w ā -st …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WASP WAIST — ■ noun a woman's very narrow or tightly corseted waist. Derivatives wasp-waisted adjective
Concise Oxford English vocab
WASP WAIST — [wasp waist] n (1870): a very slender waist -- wasp-waist.ed adj
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WASP WAIST — осиная талия
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WASP WAIST — осиная талия
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WASP WAIST — осиная талия
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WASP WAIST — осиная талия
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WASP WAIST — осиная талия
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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
WAIST
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAIST — (n.) A girdle or belt for the waist.
Английский словарь Webster
WAIST — (n.) A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist …
Английский словарь Webster
WAIST — ( n. ) A girdle or belt for the waist.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAIST — ( n. ) A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged 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
WAIST — — waistless , adj. /wayst/ , n. 1. the part of the body in humans between the ribs and the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAIST — n. part of the body between the hips and ribs; part of a garment that surrounds the midsection of the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
WAIST
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAIST — noun a girdle or belt for the waist. 2. waist ·noun a garment, or part of a garment, which covers …
Webster English vocab
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
WAIST
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
WAIST — waist BrE AmE weɪst (= waste) ▷ waisted ˈweɪst ɪd -əd ▷ waists weɪsts
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
WAIST — / weɪst; NAmE / noun 1. the area around the middle of the body between the ribs and the hips, …
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
WAIST — waist /weɪst/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . the narrow part in the middle of the human body: The skirt …
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
WAIST — n. 1 a the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, usu. of smaller circumference …
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
WAIST — n. 1 a the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, usu. of smaller circumference …
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
WAIST — n.1 a the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, usu. of smaller circumference than …
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
WAIST — ( waists) 1. Your waist is the middle part of your body where it narrows slightly above your hips. Ricky …
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
WAIST — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES chest/waist/knee etc high (= as high as your chest etc ) ▪ The grass was …
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
WAIST — [noun] [C] - the part of the body above and slightly narrower than the hipsa small/narrow/tiny/large/thick waistThe trousers are a …
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
WAIST — noun 1 part around the middle of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ narrow , slender , slim , small , thin …
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
WAIST — сущ. 1) талия around the waist, round the waist ≈ вокруг талии, вокруг пояса She wore a belt around her …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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
WAIST — waist.ogg weıst n 1. талия small waist - тонкая талия dress with a high waist - платье с высокой талией …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAIST — 1) сужение, суженная часть, перехват; горловина; шейка 2) пережим ( стекловаренной печи ) • - furnace waist
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WAIST — 1) сужение, суженная часть, перехват; горловина; шейка 2) пережим (стекловаренной печи) • - furnace waist
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WAIST — 1) перехват 2) сужение 3) шейка 4) шкафут • - beam waist
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
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

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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