Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An erroneous form of
wisp , 4 (like the erroneous form, now established, whisk for wisk).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
wisp . - noun (Zoöl.) A flock of snipe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
flock ofsnipe .
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Examples
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I’m sorry but a model-thin whisp of a woman is not that.
'Star Trek 2': Casting Khan...why couldn't it be a woman? | EW.com 2009
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A've heard harlots lisp an 'whisp' an 'half tell and damn by a lie o' th 'eye!
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I heard her whisper, "On, Dolcy, on," and I heard the sharp "whisp" of the whip as she struck the trembling, fearful mare, and urged her into the dark flood.
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Charles Major 1884
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Whispurr. com, macro-messaging is a 300-character message which can be sent online by a real-time 'whisp' or via Whispurr's free SMS message to a mobile-phone service.
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With a silent "whisp", it passed by my head within a mere couple of inches as I yelled, "Roooooock!"
unknown title 2009
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In the meantime, I do believe that too much time is spent on trivial, personal statements and that is especially true of any candidate who spends valuable time trying to debunk every little whisp of negative tidbit.
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There were shy aromas of pure cassis and some thyme with a whisp of woodsmoke.
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There were shy aromas of pure cassis and some thyme with a whisp of woodsmoke.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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This dress crys out for a red belt, red shoes and and a saucey little red hat with just a whisp of veil.
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A ‘binflap’ beez a whisp ob hair -ushually Greeseey *uggghh* taht am fownd on a ‘follikularlee challinjed’ male.
Impressionable Cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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