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/wɪsp/ · noun
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; a twisted handful of something; any slender, flexible structure or group..
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
A wisp of smoke rose from the candle for a few moments after he blew it out.
Across the country a wisp of smoke showed, then gunyahs, and in a moment more we were right in the bush camp.
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.
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Wisp means A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; a twisted handful of something; any slender, flexible structure or group..
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A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.
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