[wosp] 
| 1. | any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger. |
| 2. | a person who is snappish or petulant. |
[wosp] Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.| 1. | a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant. |
| 2. | a member of the privileged, established white upper middle class in the U.S. |
| 3. | Waspy. |
[wosp] | a member of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots, an organization disbanded in 1944. |
| wasp (wŏsp, wôsp) n. Any of numerous social or solitary insects, chiefly of the superfamilies Vespoidea and Sphecoidea, having a slender body with a constricted abdomen, two pairs of membranous wings, mouths adapted for biting or sucking, and in the females an ovipositor often modified as a sting. [Middle English waspe, from Old English wæps, wæsp.] wasp'y adj. |
| WASP 1 or Wasp (wŏsp, wôsp) n.
[W(hite) A(nglo-)S(axon) P(rotestant).] WASP'i·ness, WASP'ish·ness n., WASP'y, WASP'ish adj. |
| WASP 2 or Wasp (wäsp) n. A member of Women's Airforce Service Pilots, organized during World War II as part of the U.S. Army Air Forces to ferry aircraft and to test new aircraft. The organization was disbanded in 1944. [From W(omen's) A(irforce) S(ervice) P(ilots).] |
| WASP 3 abbr. Women's Airforce Service Pilots |
| Wasp White Anglo-Saxon Protestant |
| WASP World Association for Social Psychiatry |