Definition of "wasp" in английский

noun

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

2. (entomology) Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).

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

verb

1. To move like a wasp; to buzz.

noun

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