waps

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

waps

  1. plural of wap

Verb[edit]

waps

  1. 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)

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

Anagrams[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

waps

  1. 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)

  1. wasp

Further reading[edit]

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