whisk

Plural: whisks

Noun

• a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
• a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
• A quick, light sweeping motion.
• A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
• A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
• A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
• A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
• A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
• The card game whist.

Verb

Verb Forms: whisked, whisking, whisks

• To move or sweep quickly and lightly.
• move somewhere quickly
  • "The President was whisked away in his limo"
• move quickly and nimbly
  • "He whisked into the house"
• brush or wipe off lightly
• whip with or as if with a wire whisk
  • "whisk the eggs"
• To move something with quick light sweeping motions.
• In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.
• To move something rapidly and with no warning.
• To move lightly and nimbly.
• To move whiskers.

Examples

• He used a whisk to whip up a light and airy souffle.
• I used a whisk to sweep the counter, then a push-broom for the floor.
• Peter dipped the whisk in lather and applied it to his face, so he could start shaving.
• She would whisk her hand across the rack, searching for the perfect combination of letters.
• The chef prepared to whisk the egg whites for the angel's food cake.
• The children whisked down the road to the fair, laughing and chattering as they went.
• The governess whisked the children from the room before they could see their presents.
• Vernon whisked the sawdust from his workbench.
• With a quick whisk, she swept the cat from the pantry with her broom.

Synonyms

whip, whisk broom, whisk off

Anagrams of whisk