wasp
Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornetAny of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
» Tom was stung by a wasp.
Meaning
4 sensesAny of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
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Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).
Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).
Any of the members of the family Vespidae.
A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspishly.
- social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
- a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
Examples
113 sentencesTom was stung by a wasp.
I was stung by a wasp.
ruМеня ужалила оса.
I got a nasty sting from a wasp.
ruМеня сильно ужалила оса.
Tom got stung by a wasp.
deTom wurde von einer Wespe gestochen.
Tom is allergic to bees, hornets and wasps.
ruУ Тома аллергия на пчел, шершней и ос.
deTom ist allergisch auf Bienen, Hornissen und Wespen.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English wappes, waps, wasp, waspe, from Old English wæfs, wæps, wæspInherited from Middle English wappes, waps, wasp, waspe, from Old English wæfs, wæps, wæsp, from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō (“wasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”), referring to the insect's woven nests.
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Forms
plural: waspsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination:white Anglo-Saxon Protestant