Definitions

1. noun

a flying, usually brightly colored, insect that is a stinging wasp, typically with a narrow waist and a smooth, hairless body.

“A wasp buzzed angrily around the picnic blanket.”

2. verb

to sting, especially with a painful, venomous sting, as the wasp did to the careless camper.

“The child wasp after getting too close to the beehive.”