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wisp
noun
verb
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
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/wɪsp/ /wɪsp/
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noun
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
“A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.”
A whisk, or small broom.
A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
verb
To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
To rumple.
To produce a wisp, as of smoke.
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A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.