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1. wasp
noun. ['ˈwɑːsp'] social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting.
Rhymes with Wasp
- agasp
- asp
- chrisp
- clasp
- crisp
- cusp
- espe
- gasp
- grasp
- handclasp
- lisp
- rasp
- wesp
- wisp
How do you pronounce wasp?
Pronounce wasp as wɑsp.
US - How to pronounce wasp in American English
UK - How to pronounce wasp in British English
Sentences with wasp
1. Noun, singular or mass
Set up a wasp trap near the deck.
2. Verb, 3rd person singular present
Cicada wasp killer populations can grow quickly because about 40 percent of the larvae survive into adulthood.
3. Adjective
Unless preventative pesticides are targeted precisely at wasp flight time, however, they will be of little use.
Quotes about wasp
1. I'm a girl of extremes. When I love something, I'm like a puppy dog (without all the licking). When I'm cranky, I'm a wasp (like a whole hive of 'em). And when I'm angry, I'm a Mother Bear with a predator after her cubs: Dangerous.
- James Patterson, Fang
2. Say I feel all sad and self-indulgent, then get stung by a wasp, my misery feels quite abstract and I long just to be in spiritual pain once more - 'damn you tiny assassin, clad in yellow and black, how I crave my former innocence where melancholy was my only trial'.
- Russell Brand, Articles of Faith
3. WASP
noun. a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination.
