Definition of "whisk"

whisk¹

/(h)wɪsk/

noun
plural whisks
1. A quick, light sweeping motion.
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).
3. A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
4. A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
5. A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
6. A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
  Quotations
  My wife in her new lace whiske.
  1665 March 22 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “March 12th, 1664–1665 (Lord’s Day)”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume IV, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1894
verb
third-person singular simple present whisks, present participle whisking, simple past and past participle whisked
1. (transitive) To move something with quick light sweeping motions.
  Quotations
  He that walks in gray, whisking his riding Page.
  1626 February 13 (licensing date), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Noble Gentleman”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
  She held out her empty glass and it was adroitly whisked from her hand.
  1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 40
2. (transitive) In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.
  Quotations
  First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.
  2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook‎, Random House, page 79
3. (transitive) To move something rapidly and with no warning.
  Quotations
  I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another.
  July 3, 1769, Horace Walpole, letter to the Earl of Strafford
4. (intransitive) To move lightly and nimbly.
  Quotations
  The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
  1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
5. (transitive) To move whiskers.

whisk²

/(h)wɪsk/

noun
uncountable
1. (obsolete) The card game whist.
  Quotations
  Trump, noddy, whisk, hole […]
  1621, John Taylor, Taylor's Motto

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