Results for wasp

Definitions of wasp:

part of speech: noun

A stinging insect, like the bee, allied to the hornet.

part of speech: noun

An active, stinging, winged insect, resembling a bee.

part of speech: noun

A winged insect of the bee family with a sharp sting.

Usage examples for wasp:

• At any rate there was no doot at a' as to what moved a great wasp that flew in through the window just then. "Between You and Me", Sir Harry Lauder

• " I have heard of a philosopher who tamed a wasp said Kenelm, " but never before of a young lady who tamed butterflies." "Kenelm Chillingly, Book 5.", Edward Bulwer-Lytton

• As the two men watched- and as a score of other eyes, from other galleries and ports likewise observed- the lean wasp carried out her driver's plan. "The Flying Legion", George Allan England

• His plan was, if pressed, to escape abroad, and pass his yacht off as the Wasp and himself as Mr. Carlingford. "The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales", Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch