WHISK


Meaning of WHISK in English

noun an impertinent fellow.

2. whisk ·noun a game at cards; whist.

3. whisk ·noun to move with a quick, sweeping motion.

4. whisk ·noun a plane used by coopers for evening chines.

5. whisk ·noun a kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.

6. whisk ·vi to move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.

7. whisk ·noun a small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, ·etc.

8. whisk ·noun the act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff.

9. whisk ·noun a small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn.

10. whisk ·noun to sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.

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