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verb

Whisk v. t. (past & past part. whisked; pres. part. whisking)

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.

To move with a quick, sweeping motion. "He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod." "I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another."

Whisk v. i. To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.

noun

Whisk n. A game at cards; whist. (Obs.)

Whisk n.

The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff. "This first sad whisk Takes off thy dukedom; thou art but an earl."

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.

A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc.

A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress. "My wife in her new lace whisk."

An impertinent fellow. (Prov. Eng.)

A plane used by coopers for evening chines.

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"Whisk" Quotes from Famous Books

... nothing available. The Commodore seized a whisk broom, but dropped that in favour of a hair-brush; and then in the excitement some harder object was thrust into his hand and he started ...

— Virginia: The Old Dominion • Frank W. Hutchins and Cortelle Hutchins

... did his shoulders as far down as he could reach. Then he sat on his croup, and did his back and sides; then he turned around like a monkey, and attacked his hind-quarters, and combed his tail. This last was not so easy to manage, for he had to lift it up, and every now and then old Diamond would whisk it out of his hands, and once he sent the comb flying out of the stable door, to the great amusement of the men. But Jack fetched it again, and Diamond began once more, and did not leave off until he had ...

— At the Back of the North Wind • George MacDonald

... unearthed, (the gift of some schoolboy, months ago,) as much as to say, "We know how to look out for hard times; but what have you done with your pea-nuts, old fellow, that you look so cross? Can't get 'em, eh? You should put 'em where you'll know where they are." A whisk of his tail and he flew up the tree. The lesson was lost upon the financier. At the office-door he met Bullion,—his face a trifle more ruddy, his eye with a colder glitter, and his queer eyebrow pointing ...

— Atlantic Monthly Vol. 3, No. 16, February, 1859 • Various

... were the bearer of startling news. There was whisper of a plot to swoop down upon the Admiral and on Conde, and to whisk them off to Paris. Faith, if the Guises once got them there we should see ...

— For The Admiral • W.J. Marx

... over him and laid down the law. Evan finished his mail. The teller brushed the office from him with a whisk, and, adjusting his tie and hat to a nicety, walked out into the streets to be admired by the ...

— A Canadian Bankclerk • J. P. Buschlen

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