Definitions
a small tuft or lock
Word origin
From Middle English wispe, wyspe, wips, wipse, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *wisp, *wips. Cognate with West Frisian wisp, Dutch wisp (“bundle of hay or straw”), Norwegian bokmål/Swedish/Bornholm Danish visp (“handful or bundle of grass, hay, etc.”). Akin also to Middle Dutch/Middle Low German wispel (“measure of grain”).
Used in a sentence
“A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.”
“a wisp of a child”
“in a small basket, on a wisp of hay”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Thin strand”4 letters
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