wisp
/wɪsp/ noun C2- 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
- A small, thin line of cloud, smoke, or steam. · A wisp of smoke rose from the candle for a few moments after he blew it out.
- A whisk, or small broom.
- A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
- An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
- A disease affecting the feet of cattle.
Plural wisps
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He found a little wisp of grass floating there, and clung to it till he lost his senses.
A wisp of green floating in the air caught my eye, and another glance showed me that it was carried on a stick by a man who was moving among the broken ground.
Already the first thin wisps of it were curling across the golden square of the lighted window.
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