wasp
noun/wɒsp/
/wɑːsp/
- a black and yellow flying insect that can sting
- a wasp sting
- a wasps’ nest
Oxford Collocations Dictionarywasp + verb- crawl
- fly
- sting somebody
- …
- sting
- nest
- a wasp’s nest
Word OriginOld English wæfs, wæps, wæsp, of West Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin vespa; perhaps related to weave (from the web-like form of its nest).Definitions on the go
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