waps

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

waps

plural of wap

Verb edit

waps

third-person singular simple present indicative of wap

Etymology 2 edit

From Old English wæps (“wasp”), showing metathesis from wæsp.

Noun edit

waps (plural wapses)

(cheifly African-American Vernacular and UK, dialectal) Alternative form of wasp.

Anagrams edit

APWs, AWPs, WASP, WSPA, paws, spaw, swap, wasp

Middle English edit

Noun edit

waps

Alternative form of wasp

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

waps c (plural wapsen, diminutive wapske)

wasp

Further reading edit

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

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