whisk
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A quick, light sweeping motion.
With a quick whisk, she swept the cat from the pantry with her broom.
- 2.
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).
He used a whisk to whip up a light and airy souffle.
- 3.
A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
Peter dipped the whisk in lather and applied it to his face, so he could start shaving.
- 4.
A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
I used a whisk to sweep the counter, then a push-broom for the floor.
- 5.
A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
- 6.
A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
- 7.
(obsolete, uncountable)The card game whist.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To move something with quick light sweeping motions.
Vernon whisked the sawdust from his workbench.
- 2.
(transitive)In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.
The chef prepared to whisk the egg whites for the angel's food cake.
- 3.
(transitive)To move something rapidly and with no warning.
July 3, 1769, Horace Walpole, letter to the Earl of Strafford I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another.
The governess whisked the children from the room before they could see their presents.
- 4.
(intransitive)To move lightly and nimbly.
The children whisked down the road to the fair, laughing and chattering as they went.
- 5.
(transitive)To move whiskers.
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From Middle English whisk, borrowed from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (bundle of hay, wisp), from Proto-Indo-European *weys-.