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PRONUNCIATION OF WASPY

waspy  [ˈwɒspɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WASPY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Waspy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WASPY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of waspy in the English dictionary

The definition of waspy in the dictionary is very slim.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WASPY


crispy
ˈkrɪspɪ
gaspy
ˈɡɑːspɪ
Gillespie
ɡɪˈlɛspɪ
Legaspi
lɛˈɡæspɪ
raspy
ˈrɑːspɪ
waspie
ˈwɒspɪ
will-o-the-wispy
ˌwɪləðəˈwɪspɪ
wispy
ˈwɪspɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WASPY

wasp
wasp waist
wasp-waisted
waspie
waspily
waspiness
waspish
waspishly
waspishness
wasplike
waspnest
wassail
wassailer
wassailry
wasserman
Wassermann reaction
Wassermann test
wassup
wast

WORDS THAT END LIKE WASPY

canopy
copy
counterspy
creepy
espy
flappy
happy
hippy
I-spy
occupy
paspy
physical therapy
poppy
puppy
py
sleepy
spy
superspy
therapy
unhappy

Synonyms and antonyms of waspy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «waspy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WASPY

Find out the translation of waspy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of waspy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «waspy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

waspy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

waspy
570 millions of speakers

English

waspy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

waspy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

waspy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

waspy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Waspy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

waspy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Waspy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ispy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

waspy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

waspy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

waspy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Waspada
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

waspy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

waspy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खराब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

waspy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Waspy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

waspy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

waspy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

waspy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

waspy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waspy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

waspy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

waspy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of waspy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WASPY»

The term «waspy» is regularly used and occupies the 85.851 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WASPY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «waspy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «waspy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about waspy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASPY»

Discover the use of waspy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to waspy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Broken Apple: New York City in The 1980s
There's. More. to. Being. a. WASP. Than. Money: Most. Are. Really. Only. Waspy. There are words that enter common parlance whose meaning has been thoroughly perverted by misuse. In fact what happens is that the continually misused ...
Herbert Ira London, 1989
2
Methodist Magazine and Review: Devoted to Religion, ...
\VASPY WON OVER. Waspy and Goggles were acquainted. They sometimes met at public meetings and sometimes at a cofi'ee-house to which Goggles went occasionally, in order that he might get a look at the papers whilst he was lingering ...
William Henry Withrow, 1895
3
The Sally And Waspy Chronicles
Sally and Waspy have been friends since shortly after birth, and are born into a world of wonder.
Lyle Everett Claypool, 2005
4
Housing in New York: Study of City
There's More to Being a WASP Than Money: Most Are Really Only Waspy There are words that enter common parlance whose meaning has been thoroughly perverted by misuse. In fact what happens is that the continually misused version is ...
Michael A. Stegman
5
MotorBoating
Waspy-M's record-making passage from New Zealand to America, made on a fizzy blanket of bubbles, proved to be anything but a champagne cruise. the town is a favorite port of call for cruise. even hundred miles out of Auckland the ...
6
The Unseen Wall Street of 1969-1975: And Its Significance ...
A Waspy firm would merge with a Jewish firm to their anticipated mutual economic advantage. Often a failing Wasp firm, such as Hornblower & Weeks- Hemphill Noyes would be saved from extinction by merging with a Jewish firm such as ...
Alec Benn, 2002
7
SPIN
The only thing missing from the coffee-shop wall here in A spot just opened up in Waspy last name Possibly Hispanic Name of midsize city, ideally home to a state university _'s band, Type of musician (plural) SHOULD CONTACT LIAM in ...
8
Wealth, Whiteness, and the Matrix of Privilege: The View ...
The Country Clubs Club Social Racial/Ethnic Gender Interviewees Pseudonym Reputation Composition* Regime** Oldfamily blue blooded WASPy with egalitarian focal club, most diversity interviewees Rosary Irish Catholic Catholic with men ...
Jessica Holden Sherwood, 2012
9
Poems of Allan Dallas
Daft rhymes Ance upon a jeely jawr wee waspy came to rest: Loats a lovely jeely there wee waspy tore in wi'zest! Sadly, when he had his fill waspy's belly wis too full fur, tho he'd learned jist tae swim the jeely wis the death o'him! For ....if he'd ...
Allan Dallas, 2001
10
New York Magazine
WASPY. BAY. HEAD,. [. SHOPPING. IS. OPEN. TO. THE. PUBLIC. If the AT&T Long Distance services you've always counted on. BEACH-HOUSE MODERN ON LONG BEACH ISLAND THE YACHT CLUB AT BAY HEAD, A TOWN WITH A.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASPY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term waspy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Looking Recap: Julia Duffy Returns As Patrick's WASPy Mom
There are a couple of big revelations in this week's episode of Looking, not the least of which is that Patrick's sister Megan (Kelli Garner) is kind of a mega-bitch. «SFist, Mar 15»
2
Jerry Seinfeld 'Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee' Season 5 …
In this newest episode – which follows the likes of Fred Armisen, Kevin Hart and stand up Bill Burr – comic Jerry Seinfeld introduces "Waspy Week" with guest Ali ... «Mstarz, Dec 14»
3
New opera finds a fine madness in free-wheeling comedy
... to perform at the wedding—sets a match to the kindling that, structurally, had threatened to grow damp with the constraints of the characters' WASPy manners. «New York Classical Review, Nov 14»
4
The Death of Ben Bradlee
Boarded at St. Mark's School, a super waspy redoubt. Harvard, naturally. He fought bravely in World War II in many battles in the Pacific as an officer in Naval ... «American Spectator, Oct 14»
5
On Martha's Vineyard, the Jews are WASPs too
... to Jews, and in my pure-blood secondary school I had been too intense, too emotional, and too spontaneous to adopt the required air of Waspy indifference. «Tablet Magazine, Sep 14»
6
Farewell, J. McLaughlin in Brooklyn Heights
Conventional wisdom has it that people in Brooklyn Heights who wear “preppy,” “WASPy,” “Ivy League” clothing all work in Manhattan and do their clothes ... «Brooklyn Heights Blog, Aug 14»
7
'Ant-Man' Set Image: Evangeline Lily Reveals Waspy Hairdo
Marvel Studios scored big this year, launching a lucrative new franchise with Guardians of the Galaxy. It may now seem like everybody and their mother was ... «Screen Rant, Aug 14»
8
Pasadena Named Snobbiest Mid-Sized City In America
But Pasadena is unique: it feels culturally WASPy and there are still echoes of the wealthy Easterners who decamped here over a century ago. (That seems ... «LAist, Jun 14»
9
Maine is a waspy, cliche-ridden magnet for tourists — and it's also …
When the days become as hot and unctuous as the glaze on a cinnamon bun, I start thinking ahead to that day when my alarm wakes me up in the middle of the ... «The Week Magazine, May 14»
10
The Real Reason Why Julianna Margulies Wears a Wig on The …
"Well, the main reason, honestly, was because I wanted her to have a little bit of that WASPy look to her and I'm a Jew with curly hair," Margulies says on The ... «E! Online, May 14»

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