What does wasp-waisted mean?

wasp-waisted means "having a small waist".

How many syllables are in wasp-waisted?

wasp-waisted has 3 syllables and divides as wasp--wai-sted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for wasp-waisted?

Close synonyms include slender-waisted, slim-waisted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wasp-waisted a common word?

wasp-waisted is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Wasp-waisted — meaning and 2 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having a small waist
Synonymsslender-waisted slim-waisted
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What does wasp-waisted mean?: wasp-waisted means "having a small waist".
How many syllables are in wasp-waisted?: wasp-waisted has 3 syllables and divides as wasp--wai-sted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.
What is another word for wasp-waisted?

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