Vespa

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noun

An Italian motor scooter.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

Vespa1

nounVespa (plural Vespas)

plural Vespas

  1. An Italian motor scooter.

    2011, Terry A. Burgess, Smell the Devil's Breath, Uncommon Senses, Number 4, page 85, He grabbed the handlebars of the smallest Vespa near the end of the row and pulled the machine free of its slot.

    2 more examples

    Her 40-year-old Vespa was waiting in the yard under a custom-made cover.

    2004, Henning Mankell, translated by Ebba Segerberg, Before The Frost, page 76

    In 1967, members of the traffic unit provide a funeral escort riding Vespa police model motor scooters. The Vespa scooter had the ability to cruise at speeds from 2 miles per hour to 65 miles per hour.

    2009, David J. Degou, Cambridge Police Department, unnumbered page

Vespa2

proper nounVespa (plural Vespas)

plural Vespas

  1. A surname from Italian.

Origin

Vespa · noun

  1. ItalianVespa
  2. EnglishVespa

Trade name; borrowing from Italian Vespa, from vespa (“wasp”). Doublet of wasp.

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Vespa · proper noun

  1. ItalianVespa
  2. EnglishVespa

Borrowed from Italian Vespa.

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APA

Vespa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vespa

MLA

“Vespa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vespa. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vespa,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vespa.

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