Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to wisp
Participle: wisped
Gerund: wisping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | wisp |
| you | wisp |
| he;she;it | wisps |
| we | wisp |
| you | wisp |
| they | wisp |
Perfect
| I | have wisped |
| you | have wisped |
| he;she;it | has wisped |
| we | have wisped |
| you | have wisped |
| they | have wisped |
Past
| I | wisped |
| you | wisped |
| he;she;it | wisped |
| we | wisped |
| you | wisped |
| they | wisped |
Pluperfect
| I | had wisped |
| you | had wisped |
| he;she;it | had wisped |
| we | had wisped |
| you | had wisped |
| they | had wisped |
Future
| I | will wisp |
| you | will wisp |
| he;she;it | will wisp |
| we | will wisp |
| you | will wisp |
| they | will wisp |
Future Perfect
| I | will have wisped |
| you | will have wisped |
| he;she;it | will have wisped |
| we | will have wisped |
| you | will have wisped |
| they | will have wisped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | wisp |
| you | wisp |
| he;she;it | wisp |
| we | wisp |
| you | wisp |
| they | wisp |
Perfect
| I | have wisped |
| you | have wisped |
| he;she;it | have wisped |
| we | have wisped |
| you | have wisped |
| they | have wisped |
Imperfect
| I | wisped |
| you | wisped |
| he;she;it | wisped |
| we | wisped |
| you | wisped |
| they | wisped |
Pluperfect
| I | had wisped |
| you | had wisped |
| he;she;it | had wisped |
| we | had wisped |
| you | had wisped |
| they | had wisped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would wisp |
| you | would wisp |
| he;she;it | would wisp |
| we | would wisp |
| you | would wisp |
| they | would wisp |
Perfect
| I | would have wisped |
| you | would have wisped |
| he;she;it | would have wisped |
| we | would have wisped |
| you | would have wisped |
| they | would have wisped |
Imperative
| you | wisp |
| we | Let's wisp |
| you | wisp |
Verbs conjugated like 'wisp'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'wisp'
lisp,
risp,
wimp,
wis,
wise,
wish,
wiss,
wist,
bip,
crisp,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English wispe, wyspe, wips, wipse, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *wisp, *wips. Cognate with West Frisian wisp, Dutch wisp (“bundle of hay or straw”), Norwegian bokmål/Swedish/Bornholm Danish visp (“handful or bundle of grass, hay, etc.”). Akin also to Middle Dutch/Middle Low German wispel (“measure of grain”).
Verbs referencing "wisp"
French
gaspiller.
Sample Sentences
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The very same head of hair, wisp'd, and matted together, would make the most disagreeable figure. [1753, William Hogarth, The Analysis of Beauty:]
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To Temple, sitting in the cottonseed-hulls and the corn-cobs, the sound was no louder than the striking of a match: a short, minor sound shutting down the scene, the instant, with a profound finality, completely isolating it, and she sat there, her legs straight before her, her hands limp and palm-up on her lap, looking at Popeye's tight back and the ridges of his coat across his shoulders as he leaned out the door, the pistol behind him, against his flank, wisping thinly along his leg. [1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, published 1985, page 70:]
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It looked warm and rosy-bright inside, with a little chimney wisping smoke, little windows glowing. [2011, Iain Lawrence, The Winter Pony, page 219:]