Wasp
[wɒsp] or [wɑsp]
Definition
(noun.) social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting.
(noun.) a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination.
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Definition
(n.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets.
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Definition
n. a popular name for Hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Vespid or to closely related families—(Wasps are generally more slender and much less hairy than bees and their stinging organ—an ovipositor—resembles that of bees in structure and mode of action): a petulant and spiteful person.—adjs. Was′pish like a wasp: having a slender waist like a wasp: quick to resent an affront; Was′pish-head′ed (Shak.) passionate.—adv. Was′pishly.—n. Was′pishness.—adjs. Wasp′-tongued (Shak.) biting in tongue shrewish; Wasp′-waist′ed very slender waisted laced tightly; Was′py waspish.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Wasps, if seen in dreams, denotes that enemies will scourge and spitefully villify you. If one stings you, you will feel the effect of envy and hatred. To kill them, you will be able to throttle your enemies, and fearlessly maintain your rights.
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Examples
- So far as we know the wasp alone preceded the ancient Orientals in the making of paper. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- We took our last look at the city, clinging like a whitewashed wasp's nest to the hill-side, and at eight o'clock in the morning departed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The worst is, the wasps are impudent enough to dispute it with one, even at the very crisis and summit of enjoyment. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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