wisp

[US]/wɪsp/
[UK]/wɪsp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small bundle or handful
vt. to roll or twist into a small bundle
vi. to form into a small bundle
Word Forms
Present Participlewisping
Past Tensewisped
Pluralwisps

Phrases & Collocations

wisp of smoke

wisp of hair

Example Sentences

a wisp of a smile.

woolly wisps of cloud.

wisps of smoke rose into the air.

a fourteen-year-old wisp of a girl.

A thread of smoke was wisping out of the funnel.

smoke wisping from chimneys.

chasing the will-o'-the-wisp of perfection

a wisp of smoke spiralled up from the trees.

She patted down unruly wisps of hair.

A wisp of grey hair stuck out from under her hat.

she brushed a wisp of hair away from her face.

a wisp of hair had slipped down over her face.

she had wisps of grey hair poking out from under her bonnet.

She kept pushing back wisps of hair that fell over her eyes.

What you have to do is to stand right in front of the clock and keep on wisper: left, right, left, right...

we wisper them in the dark, telling ourselves: We are happy;or that, He is happy;that We can change;or He would change his mind.

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