Meaning of Wisp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
   countable, uncountable
2. Acronym of wireless internet service provider.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3. A whisk, or small broom.
   countable, uncountable
4. A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
   countable, uncountable
5. An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
   countable, uncountable
6. A flock of snipe.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
7. A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“in a small basket, on a wisp of hay”

“the wisp that flickers where no foot can tread”

““She would get nothing from him, she saw, resentfully. Then some angel of grace lent her a few wisps, which she grasped.”

“Apparently it had been too much; for his sleep, though deep as death itself, was not dreamless this time, but threaded with ghostly wisps of dreams.”

“He was a wisp of spirit — all his substance, the meat of his being, the coat of flesh that had always slowed him, had long since slipped away. He knew he was in two places.”

“The morning we stood on Monte de Gozo,and saw the cathedral spires as though floating in the distance, the sun was already making its ascent into the pale sky. It was difficult for me to accept that our journey was nearly over. Santiago had grown into much more than a destiny in my mind; it was the culmination of all that it meant to be human, and I feared that my spirit, no more than a wisp on this earth, would evaporate when the clouds decided to part.”

“We entered the shed. The thick density of the smoke made it nigh impossible to distinguish anyone. It was like seeing wisps of spirits trailing IVs, shrouded bodies on the precipice of a low-key volcano.”

“A faint layer of dew lay on the freshly turned earth. It steamed slightly, where the sun touched it, wisps of ghosts rising up from the ground.”

“Another traditional answer to the question of what makes us so different, popular for millennia, has been that humans have a non-physical soul, one that inhabits the body but is distinct from it, an ethereal ghostly wisp that floats free at death to enjoy an after-life which may include reunion with other souls, or perhaps a new body to inhabit.”

“They shift their quarters in the early part of the season very suddenly, and if a man hears of a wisp of snipe in any particular place, he must be off at once.”

“A flock of snipe is given the collective name of a "wisp", perhaps due to its rapid twisting and turning before the birds drop down again.”

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