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wasp
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What does wasp mean?
noun
- Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
- Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).
- Any of the members of the family Vespidae.
More meanings (6)
noun
- A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspishly.
- Alternative letter-case form of WASP (“white Anglo-Saxon Protestant”).
- Acronym of White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, a member of the supposed ruling class of America.
- Alternative letter-case form of WASP.
- (historical) Initialism of Women Airforce Service Pilots.
verb
- To move like a wasp; to buzz.
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IPA pronunciation
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The oiling is by means of two pumps, the system being practically identical with that of the 'Wasp II.'
The most conspicuous was a large yellow and black wasp, with a remarkably long and narrow waist, the Pelopæus fistularis.
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If the latter really meant to deceive the Wasp by her appearance, we must admit that her disguise is none too successful.
Pitying the wasp, after allowing it to struggle for more than an hour, I killed it and put it back into the web.
Chaumeton mentions a young man who did not perceive a wasp in a glass of sweet wine, and swallowed the insect.