"wasp waist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wasp waists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wasp waist (plural wasp waists)
  1. a very slim waist resembling that of a wasp, especially one attained by tightlacing (corseting) Wikipedia link: wasp waist Related terms: wasp-waisted Translations (waist like that of a wasp): cintura de vespa [feminine] (Catalan), hvepsetalje [common-gender] (Danish), wespentaille [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ampiaisvyötärö (Finnish), taille de guêpe [feminine] (French), Wespentaille [feminine] (German), darázsderék (Hungarian), vitino di vespa [masculine] (Italian), vepsetalje (Norwegian), talia osy [feminine] (Polish), cintura de vespa [feminine] (Portuguese), осиная талия (osinaja talija) [feminine] (Russian), cintura de avispa [feminine] (Spanish), getingmidja (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wasp_waist-en-noun-Cttvgtna Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "cintura de vespa"
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      "sense": "waist like that of a wasp",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "cintura de vespa"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осиная талия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "waist like that of a wasp",
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