Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wasp
IPA transcription: [w'ɑsp]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wasp
    Meaning: social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
  • Synonyms: WASP, white_Anglo-Saxon_Protestant
    Meaning: a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
Usage examples
  • 'The brave Wasp's-nest rushes out with all his wasps.
  • Your words sting like a wasp, though, I am quite convinced, unintentionally.
  • The mule may not have been used to the whip; a wasp may have just stung him at that particular minute; a wandering demon may have entered into him.