wasp waist

English

Noun

wasp waist (plural wasp waists)

1. a very slim waist resembling that of a wasp, especially one attained by tightlacing (corseting)

Related terms

• wasp-waisted

Translations

waist like that of a wasp

• Danish: hvepsetalje c
• Dutch: wespentaille (nl) f or m
• Finnish: ampiaisvyötärö
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• French: taille de guêpe (fr) f
• German: Wespentaille f
• Hungarian: darázsderék

References

• “wasp waist”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.