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wasp
CEFRB1
/wɒsp/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A flying insect with a narrow waist and painful sting.
- 02
noun
Extra detailAny of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).
Examples
A wasp flew in the open window.
I got a nasty sting from a wasp.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
Also pronounced
- /waps/
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAny of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
Any of the members of the family Vespidae.
A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspishly.
More examples
In contextDon't provoke that wasp.
The show went through clothes to suit the lifestyle of a wealthy wasp, an American archetype that is now synonymous with the brand.
Bill got to college only by dint of support from a female relative and heiress (a useful WASP resource) and by scholarships, then a symbol of WASP entitlement.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
Nearby
Origin
noun
Cognate with North Frisian wesp (“wasp”), Saterland Frisian Häspe (“wasp”), West Frisian waps (“wasp”), Alemannic German Wespi (“wasp”), Bavarian Weps, Wepsn (“wasp”), Cimbrian bèspa (“wasp”), Dutch and Vilamovian wesp (“wasp”), German Wespe (“wasp”), Low German Weps, Wepse (“wasp”), Yiddish וועספּ (vesp), וועספּע (vespe, “wasp”), Danish hveps (“wasp”), Norwegian Bokmål veps (“wasp”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvefs (“wasp”); also Cornish goghi (“wasp”), Irish foich, foiche, puch (“wasp”), Welsh gwchi (“drone”), Latin vespa (“wasp”), Greek ανυφαίνω (anyfaíno), υφαίνω (yfaíno, “to weave”), Albanian vej (“to weave”), Latvian lapsene (“wasp”), Lithuanian vapsvà (“wasp”), Old Prussian wobse (“wasp”), B...