waps
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editwaps
Verb
editwaps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of wap
Etymology 2
editFrom Old English wæps (“wasp”).
Noun
editwaps (plural wapses)
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular and UK, dialectal) Alternative form of wasp.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editNoun
editwaps
- Alternative form of wasp
West Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian *waps, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō.
Noun
editwaps c (plural wapsen, diminutive wapske)
Further reading
edit- “waps (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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