waps

English

Etymology 1

Noun

waps

  1. plural of wap

Verb

waps

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wap

Etymology 2

Noun

waps (plural wapses)

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard) African-American Vernacular and UK form of wasp.
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Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

waps

  1. alternative form of wasp

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *waps, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō.

Noun

waps c (plural wapsen, diminutive wapske)

  1. wasp

Further reading

  • “waps (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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