to wisp

Examples

• All

• When he hiked through drifts to the cabin, no smoke wisped from the chimney; no fire burned.

  Fiction book (1992)

• He leaned back and watched the smoke wisping toward the ceiling.

  Fiction book (2001)

• You know, I can only get it so thin before it just sort of wisps off into nothingness.

  Bernadette Banner

• A curl of smoke wisps in the sunlight.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Breath wisps up.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Shorter hairs wisped around her forehead and cheekbones.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The leaves gently wisp through the air as the wind picks up.

• The fog began to wisp around the trees in the early morning light.

• She watched the feathers wisp away from the open window on a breezy day.

Synonyms

W

to waft

vsto wisp

28 5.1

To move gently through the air on a light breeze, like a smell or sound

is a gentle floating motion that forms a thin strand or trail

W

to waft through the air

vsto wisp

1 4.8

Move gently through the air like a smell or sound

is a gentle floating motion that forms a thin strand or trail

Antonyms

S

to sink

358 1.0

To move down physically or emotionally, often when tired

P

to plummet

93 5.8

Fall suddenly and steeply from a high place or in amount

Compounds

W

will-o'-the-wisp

• Literature

1 9.9

A pale flickering light that appears at night over marshes

W

will o' the wisp

• Literature

9.9

A thing that seems close but cannot be reached

W

will-o'-the-wisp

• Literature

9.9

A hope that leads people on but cannot be reached

How Lightly

to waft

28 5.1

to drift

331 2.9

to wisp

1 5.1

to float

645 1.0

to glide

89 2.9

to sweep

182 2.1

Surface Forms

Etymology