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whisk

whisk
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hwisk, wisk]
    • /ʰwɪsk, wɪsk/
    • /wɪsk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwisk, wisk]
    • /ʰwɪsk, wɪsk/

Definitions of whisk word

  • verb with object whisk to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke: She whisked everything off the table with her arm. 1
  • verb with object whisk to sweep (dust, crumbs, etc., or a surface) with a whisk broom, brush, or the like. 1
  • verb with object whisk to draw, snatch, carry, etc., lightly and rapidly: He whisked the money into his pocket. 1
  • verb with object whisk to whip (eggs, cream, etc.) to a froth with a whisk or beating instrument. 1
  • verb without object whisk to sweep, pass, or go lightly and rapidly. 1
  • noun whisk an act of whisking. 1

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Origin of whisk

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; (noun) Middle English (Scots) wysk rapid sweeping movement; (v.) earlier Scots wisk, quhisk < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse, Norwegian visk wisp, Swedish viska besom, wisp, to whisk (off), Danish viske to wipe (compare Old High German wisken to wipe, wisc wisp of hay); for development of wh cf. whip

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Whisk

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

whisk popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for whisk

verb whisk

  • beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
  • whip — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
  • cream — Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
  • aerate — To aerate a substance means to cause air or gas to pass through it.
  • stir — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.

noun whisk

  • beater — A beater is a tool or part of a machine which is used for beating things like eggs and cream.
  • blade — The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting.
  • attachment — If you have an attachment to someone or something, you are fond of them or loyal to them.
  • stick — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
  • paddle — a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.

Antonyms for whisk

verb whisk

  • drag — drag and drop
  • decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.

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