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wasps

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for wasps.

Editorial note

The virus and the wasp have the same evolutionary interests; turning a ladybug into a bodyguard produces more wasps, and more wasps beget more viruses.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of wasps gathered in one view.

noun

Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.

noun

Any of the members of the family Vespidae.

noun

A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspishly.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for wasps.

noun

Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.

noun

Any of the members of the family Vespidae.

noun

A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspishly.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of WASP (“white Anglo-Saxon Protestant”).

Example sentences

1

The virus and the wasp have the same evolutionary interests; turning a ladybug into a bodyguard produces more wasps, and more wasps beget more viruses.

2

If the bull downs all the trees because he was stung by 3 wasps, he will lose the conflict.

3

This highly specific reaction to the giant wasps probably emerges the same way aversion or attraction to flavors and smells arise.

4

Ten wasps will always manage to sting a bull if they want to.

5

If you were to create a world containing Ichneumon wasps, though, when you have the power to not do so, you're just a sadist.

6

I think a lot of people just mentally lump them together with wasps and hornets, which can be much more aggressive.

7

My grandpa who had an orchard was not into organic farming at all, but also he already used wasps to get rid of certain insects.

8

I'm a huge fan of ants, bees, and wasps, but I have never kept bees, only ants.

9

At home I just observed that when I have plants near my windows, I get bees, wasps and hornets during summer much more often.

10

- I presume you are downvoting because you disagree with wasps - I'd like to see your argument.

11

I don't know I've been mostly stung by bees, and I had hornets and wasps live in attic of my parents house at different timesand they never stung us.

12

So I think I imagine that full blown heroin addiction does to you, but the way you describe it sound like some virus, which affects your brain and make your a zombie (like some wasps do this to cockroaches).

Quote examples

1

Similar to how most of us are "afraid" of wasps because we've had previous bad experiences with them, most people have experienced out of the normal fonts in the wild, but most often in a joke, or on a bad internet site.

Proper noun examples

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I went to a rugby final something or other (Wasps vs Leicester?) and fell asleep.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use wasps in a sentence?

The virus and the wasp have the same evolutionary interests; turning a ladybug into a bodyguard produces more wasps, and more wasps beget more viruses.

What does wasps mean?

Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.

What part of speech is wasps?

wasps is commonly used as noun.