Whisk

Definitions: Whisk

Whisk

Noun

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

2. A small short-handled broom used to brush clothes.

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.

4. Whip; "whisk the eggs".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "whisk" was first used: 1375. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Whisk

Agitation

Agitate, shake, convulse, toss, tumble, bandy, wield, brandish, flap, flourish, whisk, jerk, hitch, jolt; jog, joggle, jostle, buffet, hustle, disturb, stir, shake up, churn, jounce, wallop, whip, vellicate.

Circuition

Wind, circulate, meander; whisk, twirl; twist; (convolution); make a detour; (circuit).

Ejection

Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.

Velocity

Verb: move quickly, trip, fisk; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle; scour, scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel; scorch, burn up the track; rush; (be violent); dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt; trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in double time; ride hard, get over the ground.

Crosswords: Whisk

Books

• A Whisk in the West, The Vail Valley Cookbook (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• 3-Piece Stainless Steel Whisk Set (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "whisk": fly whisk ♦ whisk about ♦ whisk along ♦ whisk away ♦ whisk broom ♦ whisk by ♦ whisk fern ♦ whisk off ♦ whisk up. Additional references.

Beginning with "whisk": whisk-like.

Ending with "whisk": egg-whisk, fly-whisk.

Albanian

vrasëse mizash, rrahëse vezësh, lëvizje e shpejtë (dart, dash, flight, flirt, scurry), fshirëse e vogël. (various references)

Arabic 

‏كنس (besom, broom, rake, scavenge, sweep, sweeping), ‏مقشة (broom), ‏مسحة سريعة خفيفة, ‏مخفقة البيض أداة, ‏قش (broom, chaff, haulm, hay, straw, stubble, thatch), ‏تحرك بخفة (sidestep), ‏خفق البيض (whip). (various references)

Bulgarian 

размахване (flirt, flourish, flourishing, waft), размахвам (brandish, flap, flourish, shoot out, swing, switch, wave, wigwag), тел за разбиване на яйца (eggbeater, whip), грабвам (catch up, grab, nip, snap up, snatch, steal away, take off, waltz off with, whip away, whip off, whip up), мушвам се набързо, леко бръсване, бързо движение (dash, flirt, scud, touch and go, twinkle, twinkling), бръсвам, пъдя мухи, профучавам бързо, избръскване. (various references)

Chinese 

扫 (Whisked, Whisking), 拂掃 . (various references)

Czech

vytrhnout (extract, get out, tear, tear out), vìchet (wad, wisp), mrsknout, metla (besom, scourge), mést, koštì (besom, broom), šlehat (beat, flog, gush out, lash, sting, switch, whip), šlehaè (beater). (various references)

Danish

piskeris (egg beater, egg whip, egg whisk), omrører (agitation auger, mixer, mixing auger conveyor, mixing screw, paddle unit, rabble, rotor), haspe (hasp, reel, whin). (various references)

Dutch

haspel (beater, coil, core, reel, spool, tape spool, whin). (various references)

Farsi 

پراندن (Fly, Jet, Jump, Sling, Squirt), مگس گیر, ماهوت پاک کن زدن , کلاله یادسته مو, گردگیری , گردگیر (Duster, Wisp), حرکت سریع وجزءی , تندزدن , جاروب کردن (Broom, Scavenger, Sweep, Wisp), راندن (Booh, Dislodge, Drive, Force, Hurry, Pilot, Poach, Rein, Repulse, Row, Steer, Stub, Unkennel). (various references)

Finnish

vispilä (beater). (various references)

French

fouet (whip). (various references)

German

wischen (brush, clout, delete, mop, mop down, mop up, swab, swish, to smear, wipe, wipe off). (various references)

Greek 

κινώ ταχέωσ, κινούμαι ταχέωσ, σύρμα (wire), βουρτσίζω (brush), μικρή βούρτσα, φτυάρι (shovel, spade), απάγω (abduct, carry off, kidnap, rape, ravish), αχυροβούρτσα (whisk broom), ταχεία κίνηση, asple (reel, whin). (various references)

Hebrew 

לטאטא (mop up, sweep). (various references)

Hungarian

legyintés (dab, pat, spat, wafture, wave of the hand). (various references)

Indonesian

gerakan cepat. (various references)

Italian

scopetta, sbattere (bang, beat, clap, dash, flap, fling, hurl, knock, slam, slap, throw out, whip), paletta per mescolore la fecola, montare (assemble, blow up, climb, come up, cover, edit, exaggerate, fit, get big-headed, get on, go up, Mount, mount on, pitch, put together, ride, rise, set, to assemble, whip), mantecare (mix), frusta (bullwhip, horsewhip, lash, switch, whip), frusciare (rustle, swish), frullino a mano, frullare (flutter, mill, spin, whip, whirr), aspo (reel), aspino (reel, whin), aspatoio (reel, whin), arcolaio (reel, whin). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

泡立て器 (eggbeater). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あわだてき (eggbeater). (various references)

Korean 

터십시요. (various references)

Manx

scuitchey (flagellate, flagellation, lash, scourge, switch), scuitchal (flagellate, lash, scourge, scutch, slash, slashing, switch, whip, whip a person), blinkeyder, blinkey (whip of cream). (various references)

Norwegian

visp. (various references)

Pig Latin

iskwhay

Portuguese

transportar rapidamente, sacudir (abet, Bob, concuss, flip flap, flirt, incite, jar, jerk, jog, jolt, jounce, rock, shake, shake off, stir up, swing, toss, wag, waver, yank), sacudidela (backlash, flip, flirt, flounce, hitch, jar, jerk, jog, jolt, pluck, rumble-tumble, shake, wag, waggle), movimento leve e rápido, mover rapidamente, espantar (astonish, astound, daze, flabbergast, run wild, scare, surprise), espanador de cabo curto, dar uma espanadela, casulos aspa (reel, whin), bater (bang, bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, biff, Bob, bop, brandish, chastise, churn, clap, club, curl, curry, deckle, doddered, flap, fling, flog, forged, form, froth, hit, hunt down, jab, knead, knock, Lama, lap, lick, plash, pulsate, pulse, ram, scutch, slap, slog, sound, splash, stir, strike, swing, thrash, thresh, type, wave, whack, whip, whirl, worst), batedor (bat, batsman, beater, coiner, escort, feeler, knocker, picker, scout, scutch, scutcher, Stamper, thrasher, tracker, walloper), aspa de dobar (reel, whin), agitar (a moot point, abet, agitate, alarm, beat, brandish, bustle, churn, cob, commove, convulse, dimple, discompose, excite, faze, fermentable, flap, flick, fling, flounce, flourishing, flurry, flutter, fret, incite, jar, jingle, jounce, perturb, pulsate, quiver, ripple, shake, stir, stir up, sway, swing, switch, toss, ventilate, waggle, wave, whip up). (various references)

Romanian

trece cã sãgeatã, tel, se mişca iute, pãmãtuf (aspergillum, shaving brush, tuft), mişcare repede, mişca brusc, mãturicã (wisp), lua repede, goni muştele, bate ouã, şterpeli (annex, bag, filch, knock off, nibble, nobble, pilfer, pinch, scrounge, steal), şterge praful. (various references)

Russian 

сбивалка (beater), веничек, метелка (panicle, whisk broom). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zamah (elan, stroke, sweep, swing, zest), umutiti (mix), ulupati (beat up, whip), prhnuti, pajalica (duster), otresti (knock down, rid, shake, shake down, shake off), opajati, brisanje (deletion, effacement, erasure, sweeping, wipe), žica za mućenje, šmugnuti. (various references)

Spanish

pala de panadero, moverse rápidamente (twinkle, whip, whip away), mosqueador, llevar (bear, bear out, blow, bring, bring along, bring around, bring round, carry, carry off, carry on, cart, convey, deliver, drive, encroach on, enter up, ferryboat, fetch, have, have on, heave, hump, hunch, keep, lead, live, live through, live up, lug, model, run, see, spend, sport, take, take along, take over, tote, transport, truck, trundle, tug, wash, wear, whip, whirl), espumadera (nozzle, skimmer, whir, whirr), escobilla (bottlebrush, brush, small broom), cepillar (brush, brush down, groom, plane, shave, whisk away), batir huevos, batidora (beater, blenders, mixer), batidor (scout), aspe (reel, whin). (various references)

Swedish

visp (beater), viftning (wag, waggle, wave), dammvippa (duster, feather duster, feather-duster). (various references)

Turkish

kaçırmak (abduct, blow, chill, exude, flush, give off, hijack, kidnap, ladder, let escape, let slip, lose, make off with, Miss, ooze, pass up, put off, rape, ravish, shuffle, slip, snatch, spirit away, spoil), çırpmak (beat, beat up, churn, clap, cream, fold, mill, scramble, shake, shake up, stir up, whip, whip up), çalı süpürgesi (besom, broom made from heath), çekmek (abide, absorb, arrest, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamor, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, grip, haul, heave, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, invite, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, pull up, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, stretch, suck, suffer, sustain, syphon, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, withdraw), fırça (brush, rating, scolding, scrub, tongue-lashing), fırçalamak (brush, scour, scrub), fırlamak (bolt, boom, bounce, break, burst, dart, dash, dodge, fling, flirt, fly off, fly out, goggle, high-tail, hurl oneself, hurtle, jump, leap up, make a dash, shoot, shoot ahead, shoot off, shoot out, shoot up, skyrocket, soar, spring, stand out, start, start up, steepen, tear, whip, zoom), fırlatmak (aim, blast off, bung, cast, cast away, catapult, chuck, chuck away, dart, eject, fling, hurl, hurtle, launch, pelt, project, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, swing, throw, toss), çırpma teli (whip), hızlı hareket (quick motion), yumurta çırpıcı, kuyruk sallamak (fawn), süpürge (broom), süpürmek (brush, give smth. a sweep, sweep, sweep up), saçak (canopy, chenille, eaves, entablature, falbala, falbelo, fringe, roof tree, tag, thrum, water table), silerek çıkarmak (rub off, rub out, wipe away, wipe off), silip temizlemek (give smth. a wipe, wipe out), silmek (blank, blot out, cancel, cross out, Dele, delete, efface, erase, expunge, forgive, furbish, give smth. a wipe, obliterate, rub down, rub off, rub out, rule out, rule smth. out, strike off, strike out, wipe, wipe away, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up, write off), sineklik (flapper, flyswatter, swat, swatter), hızla çıkarmak. (various references)

Ukranian 

шмигнути, шейна косинка, колотівка (churn-staff), віст (whist), віничок (whip), волоть (panicle), змахувати (brush off, flick, knock off), збивати (bag, churn, knock off, shake up), підбирач (pickup). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự cử động mau lẹ, chổi quét bụi, cái xua ruồi cái đánh trứng, cái vẫy nhẹ phất trần, cái lướt nhanh, cái đánh kem, động tác vút nhanh. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "whisk": whisked, whisker, whiskered, whiskers, whiskery, whiskey, whiskeys, whiskies, whisking, whisks, whisky. (additional references)

Words containing "whisk": bewhiskered. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Whisk" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Weiske, Whassa, whise, whizy, Wieska, wisc, wisk. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: khis, wish.

-2 letters: his, khi, ski, wis.

-3 letters: hi, is, sh, si.

+1 letter: whisks, whisky.

+2 letters: gawkish, hawkies, hawkish, mawkish, rikshaw, weakish, whisked, whisker, whiskey.

+3 letters: chewinks, hawkings, kickshaw, rickshaw, rikshaws, weakfish, whickers, whiskers, whiskery, whiskeys, whiskies, whisking.

+4 letters: gawkishly, hairworks, hawkbills, hawkishly, hawksbill, hoodwinks, kickshaws, mawkishly, rickshaws, shipwreck, shrewlike, whackiest, whelkiest, whipstock, whiskered, whitracks.

+5 letters: chickweeds, handiworks, hawksbills, nighthawks, shadowlike, shipwrecks, switchback, weakfishes, weeknights, whipstocks.

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