wasp
Pronunciation: (wosp), [key] - any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- a person who is snappish or petulant.
WASP
Pronunciation: (wosp), [key] — Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive. Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.
—n. - a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
- a member of the privileged, established white upper middle class in the U.S.
—adj. - Waspy.
WASP
Pronunciation: (wosp), [key] — n.
- a member of the Women's Air Force Service Pilots, an organization disbanded in 1944.
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