wasp around en · VERB
Meanings
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To hover or loiter aimlessly around a place.
Sharp was a little man, had a long face, and his mouth seemed to have been bored — for it was round — about midway between his chin and his forehead; and he was always wasping around, giving consequential orders about nothing […]
1875, Henry Hiram Riley, The Puddleford Papers: Or, Humors of the West, page 174:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wasping around | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wasps around | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| wasped around | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wasped around | Tense=Past | lexicographic |