whisp
German translation: Typo: = wisp = Fetzen, Fähnchen, Strähne
| 08:03 Oct 26, 2004 |
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| 5 | Typo: = wisp = Fetzen, Fähnchen, Strähne |
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| 3 +1 | wisp / will-of-the-wisp |
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| 3 | Haarbüschel, Strohbündel |
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| 3 -1 | Hauch |
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9 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1Hauch Explanation: 'whisp' can mean 'a touch of' but would need the context to be sure in this case |
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Typo: = wisp = Fetzen, Fähnchen, Strähne Explanation: which is defined as "something slight or insubstantial, or a bunch or handful of" in what I think are by far its commonest uses; it is used also as a collective noun for a "flock" of snipe, see Merriam Webster. |
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18 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1wisp / will-of-the-wisp Explanation: Kontext wäre super. Ich kenne whisp aus Spielen z.B. als abkürzung von will-of-the-wisp (Irrlicht) Webster unabridged: Main Entry: 1wisp Pronunciation Guide Pronunciation: primarystresswisp Variant(s): also whisp \primarystresshwisp also primarystresswisp\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): -s Etymology: Middle English wisp, wips; perhaps akin to Old English wimacrpian to wipe -- more at WIPE 1 a : a small handful (as of hay or straw) b : something that resembles a wisp: as (1) : a tenuous strip or fragment <a wisp of chiffon> <roughly-chinked log-cabins ... stood in a wisp of open -- S.V.Benét> <strange wisps of psychological jargon -- Times Literary Supplement> (2) : a filamentous streak <a wisp of smoke or cloud> <wisps of mist floated like trails of luminous dust -- Joseph Conrad> (3) : something frail or fleeting <a delicate little wisp of an old lady -- Century Magazine> <a mere wisp of a smile -- L.C.Douglas> (4) : WILL-O'-the-wisp c : a flock of birds (as snipe) 2 chiefly Britain a : a pad of twisted or plaited hay or straw for grooming the coat of an animal b : a twisted wreath or wad (as of straw or hemp) used as a buffer c : a thick twist of hay or straw used as a torch will-o'-the-wisp: 1 : IGNIS FATUUS 1 : a light that sometimes appears in the night usually over marshy ground and that is often attributable to the combustion of marsh gas -- called also jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the wisp 2 : a deceptive or false goal : a misleading ideal <the ignis fatuus of a world without wars> |
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Haarbüschel, Strohbündel Explanation: Könnte auch as heißen, ich weiß, bei diesen Videospielen bekommt man oft Null- KOntext. ;=) |
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