Wasp - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |wɑːsp|  American pronunciation of the word wasp
Brit.  |wɒsp|  British pronunciation of the word wasp

noun

- a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
- social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting

Extra examples

Most of the members of the club are wealthy WASPs.

The college had been known as a bastion of WASP privilege.

At that moment, a wasp flew in through the open window.

Word forms

noun
singular: wasp
plural: wasps
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