Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Browse Nearby Entries
wisp
2 dictionary results for: wisplike
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
wisp       [wisp] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a handful or small bundle of straw, hay, or the like.
2.any thin tuft, lock, mass, etc.: wisps of hair.
3.a thin puff or streak, as of smoke; slender trace.
4.a person or thing that is small, delicate, or barely discernible: a mere wisp of a lad; a wisp of a frown.
5.a whisk broom.
6.Chiefly British Dialect.
a.a pad or twist of straw, as used to rub down a horse.
b.a twisted bit of straw used as a torch.
7.a will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus.
–verb (used with object)
8.to twist into a wisp.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME wisp, wips; akin to wipe]

—Related forms
wisplike, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
wisplike

adjective
thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
CITE THIS SOURCE|PRINT
Share This:Share This: digg.comShare This: ma.gnolia.comShare This: www.stumbleupon.comShare This: del.icio.usShare This: FacebookShare This: favorites.live.comShare This: www.technorati.comShare This: furl.netShare This: myweb2.search.yahoo.comShare This: www.google.com