noun a thin or delicate strand or fragment, as of smoke or cloud
verb There are no applicable parts of speech other than noun for the word 'wisp'.
The author used wisp to describe the fleeting memory of a lost love.
A wisp of cinnamon in the air from the freshly baked pie.
A wisp of cloud drifting across the sky.
A wisp of smoke rising from a burning fireweed.
A wisp of hair framing the face.
The writer described the mysterious figure as a wisp of smoke drifting through the air.
The psychologist noted that the memory of the traumatic event was just a wisp in the patient's mind.