Definición de «wisp» en inglés

noun

1. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

   • A wisp of smoke rose from the candle for a few moments after he blew it out.
   • A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.

2. A whisk, or small broom.

3. A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.

4. An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.

5. (archaic) A flock of snipe.

6. (uncountable) A disease affecting the feet of cattle.

verb

1. (transitive) To brush or dress, as with a wisp.

2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To rumple.

3. (intransitive) To produce a wisp, as of smoke.

4. (transitive) To emit in wisps.