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wisp

/wɪsp/ sustantivo C2

En español: brizna, mechón, voluta, jirón

  1. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; a twisted handful of something; any slender, flexible structure or group. (countable, uncountable) · A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.· a wisp of a child
  2. A small, thin line of cloud, smoke, or steam. (countable, uncountable) · A wisp of smoke rose from the candle for a few moments after he blew it out.
  3. A whisk, or small broom. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus. (countable, uncountable)
  5. An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul. (countable, uncountable)
  6. A disease affecting the feet of cattle. (uncountable)

Plural wisps

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He found a little wisp of grass floating there, and clung to it till he lost his senses.
The Jungle Book, p. 64 · B2
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.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 108 · C1
Already the first thin wisps of it were curling across the golden square of the lighted window.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 190 · C1

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