wasp
nounUK /wɒsp/
US /wɑːsp/
A wasp is a small flying bug with a thin waist and a sharp sting.
A wasp buzzed around the picnic table looking for sweet food.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A person who is bad-tempered or easily annoyed.
Don't be such a wasp this morning; I only asked a question.
3. A member of a group with a white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant background, often used in a social or cultural context.
The novel explores tensions between the old WASP families and newcomers in the town.
4. Any of various slender-bodied insects of the order Hymenoptera, especially those that sting.
The garden was full of wasps hunting for caterpillars among the leaves.