waps

English

Etymology 1

Noun

waps

1. plural of wap

Verb

waps

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wap

Etymology 2

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

Noun

waps (plural wapses)

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

Anagrams

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

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