Associations to the word «Wisp»

Wiktionary

WISP, noun. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
WISP, noun. A whisk, or small broom.
WISP, noun. A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
WISP, verb. To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
WISP, verb. (UK) (dialect) To rumple.
WISP, verb. (intransitive) To produce a wisp, as of smoke.

Dictionary definition

WISP, noun. A small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair".
WISP, noun. A small person; "a mere wisp of a girl".
WISP, noun. A small bundle of straw or hay.
WISP, noun. A flock of snipe.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats