wisp
/wɪsp/
noun
- A small, thin, or delicate piece or amount of something, such as smoke, hair, or grass.
- She tucked a wisp of hair behind her ear.
- The field was covered with wisps of dry grass.
- A wisp of smoke rose from the chimney.
- A person who is very thin or delicate.
- He looked like a wisp in his oversized coat.
- The little girl was a tiny wisp, barely visible in the crowd.
- After her illness, she was just a wisp of her former self.
- A faint or fleeting trace or hint of something.
- There was a wisp of a smile on her face.
- A wisp of doubt crept into his mind.
- I caught a wisp of a memory from my childhood.