waspish

Definition of waspish in English English dictionary: Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp; Spiteful or irascible; {a} peevish, cross, touchy, fretful; {s} of or like a wasp; stinging, sharp-tongued; bad-tempered; slender-waisted; very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"; A waspish remark or sense of humour is sharp and critical. bad-tempered and cruel in the things that you say; Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish; Resembling a wasp in form; having a slender waist, like a wasp
wasp: A member of the dominant American upper-class culture, a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant
wasp: Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee
wasp: A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish
WASP: American who is of northern European heritage and belongs to the Protestant Church (considered to be the privileged class in the United States)
wasp: {n} a genus of insects with stings, a petulant person
waspishly: {a} in a waspish manner, peevishly
WASP: disapproval WASP is used to refer to the people in American society whose ancestors came from northern Europe, especially England, and who are considered to have a lot of power and influence. WASP is an abbreviation for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'. a WASP with a Yale degree. A wasp is an insect with wings and yellow and black stripes across its body. Wasps have a painful sting like a bee but do not produce honey. A member of Women's Airforce Service Pilots, organized during World War II as part of the U.S. Army Air Forces to ferry aircraft and to test new aircraft. The organization was disbanded in 1944. Women's Airforce Service Pilots. White Anglo-Saxon Protestant an American whose family was originally from northern Europe and who is therefore considered to be part of the most powerful group in society. a thin black and yellow flying insect that can sting you. Any of more than 20,000, usually winged, insect species in the order Hymenoptera. The abdomen is attached to the thorax by a slender petiole, or "waist," and the female's abdomen has a formidable stinger. Most species are solitary; about 1,000 species are highly social; and some may be either social or solitary. Adults feed primarily on nectar. Most solitary wasps nest in tunnels in the ground and feed larvae with paralyzed insects or spiders. The paperlike nest of social wasps (family Vespidae) consists of chewed plant material mixed with saliva and arranged in adjacent hexagonal cells. The female lays one egg in each cell and provisions it with a macerated caterpillar. Successive generations may enlarge the nest and care for the young
wasp: {i} social insect with membranous wings and a slender body that tapers to a point with a stinging organ at the end
wasp: Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp
wasp: Wireless Applications Service Provider
wasp: social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
wasp: a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
wasp: social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
wasp: any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets
wasp: An organization that provides content and applications for wireless devices
wasp: Also mozzie: Any weapon that fires smart projectiles See dum-dum
wasp: Wireless Applications Service Provider stands for an organisation that provides content and applications for wireless devices, but not necessarily the technical infrastructure (like a MIP does, for example)
waspishly: in a waspish manner; sarcastically; with irritation
waspishly: in a waspish manner