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The correct spelling is wisps. A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group. For example: "A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind."

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A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
  2. 2.A whisk, or small broom.
  3. 3.A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
  4. 4.An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
  5. 5.A disease affecting the feet of cattle.

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