Asp
Pronunciation
Origin 1
From Latin aspis ("asp, viper; shield"), aspidis, from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς ("shield; Egyptian cobra ")
Full definition of asp
Noun
asp
(plural asps)- (archaic) A water snake.
- A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe ().
- The Egyptian cobra ()
- A type of European fish ().
Origin 2
Shortening of aspen
Noun
asp
(plural asps)- An aspen tree.
- 1997, B. Franklin Cooling, Fort Donelson's Legacy (page 233)Having decimated groves of cedar, quaking asps, weeping willows, poplars, and fruit trees on the last day of January, Alva C. Griest of the Seventy-second Indiana believed he "was doing wrong all the time we were at it."