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whisk

UK/ˈwɪsk/ US/ˈʍɪsk/ uncommon obsolete
verb (4) noun (2)

verb

1.

move somewhere quickly

  • “The President was whisked away in his limo”
2.

move quickly and nimbly

  • “He whisked into the house”
3.

brush or wipe off lightly

Synonyms
4.

whip with or as if with a wire whisk

  • “whisk the eggs”
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noun

1.

a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream

2.

Origin

From Middle English whisk, borrowed from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (“bundle of hay, wisp”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys-. Cognates Cognate with Danish visk, Dutch wis, German Wisch, Latin virga (“rod, switch”), viscus (“entrails”), Lithuanian vizgéti (“to tremble”), Czech věchet (“wisp of straw”), Sanskrit वेष्क (veṣka, “noose”). Compare also Old English wiscian (“to plait”), granwisc (“awn”). The unetymological wh- is probably expressive of the sound; compare the same development in whip and onomatopoeias such as whack and whoosh.

Phrases

  • champagne whisk
  • matcha whisk
  • tea whisk
  • whisk away
  • whisk fern
  • whisk off

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