noun Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
noun Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila). Any of the members of the family Vespidae.
noun Any of the members of the family Vespidae.
noun A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspishly.
verb To move like a wasp; to buzz.
noun Alternative letter-case form of WASP (“white Anglo-Saxon Protestant”).