wisp
Pronunciation:
/wɪsp/noun
Definitions
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.
Example: A wisp of hair escaped her barrette and whipped wildly in the wind.
A whisk, or small broom.
A will o' the wisp, or ignis fatuus.
An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
verb
Definitions
To brush or dress, as with a wisp.
To rumple.
To produce a wisp, as of smoke.