1. a thin, delicate strand or small bundle of something
2. a small amount of smoke, steam, or cloud
3. a thin, slight person, especially a young woman or child

Examples

• A wisp of hair fell across her face.
• Wisps of smoke rose from the campfire.
• She pulled a wisp of cotton from the plant.
• Steam escaped in thin wisps from the kettle.
• The girl was just a wisp of a thing.
• Wisps of cloud drifted across the blue sky.
• He found a wisp of straw in his pocket.