Whisk /(?)/
Whisk
n.
- A game at cards; whist. [Obs.]
Whisk
n.
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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.
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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.
Whisk
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Whisked; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.
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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.