whisk

whisk

 (wĭsk, hwĭsk)

v. whisked, whisk·ing, whisks

v.tr.

1. To move or cause to move with quick light sweeping motions: whisked crumbs off the table; whisked the children away.

2. To whip (eggs or cream).

v.intr.

To move lightly, nimbly, and rapidly.

n.

1. A quick light sweeping motion.

2. A whiskbroom.

3. A small bunch, as of twigs or hair, attached to a handle and used in brushing.

4. A kitchen utensil, usually in the form of stiff, thin wire loops attached to a handle, used for whipping foodstuffs.

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[Middle English wisken, of Scandinavian origin.]

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whisk

(wɪsk)

vb

1. (tr; often foll by away or off) to brush, sweep, or wipe off lightly

2. (tr) to move, carry, etc, with a light or rapid sweeping motion: the taxi whisked us to the airport.

3. (intr) to move, go, etc, quickly and nimbly: to whisk downstairs for a drink.

4. (Cookery) (tr) to whip (eggs, cream, etc) to a froth

n

5. the act of whisking

6. a light rapid sweeping movement or stroke

7. (Cookery) a utensil, often incorporating a coil of wires, for whipping eggs, etc

8. (Tools) a small brush or broom

9. a small bunch or bundle, as of grass, straw, etc

[C14: from Old Norse visk wisp; related to Middle Dutch wisch, Old High German wisc]

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whisk

(ʰwɪsk, wɪsk)

v.t.

1. to move with a rapid sweeping stroke: to whisk the dishes off the table.

2. to sweep with a whisk broom or brush.

3. to draw, snatch, etc., lightly and rapidly: to whisk a child from danger.

4. to whip to a froth, as eggs, or blend, as a sauce, using a whisk.

v.i.

5. to sweep or pass lightly and rapidly.

n.

6. an act of whisking.

7. a rapid sweeping stroke.

8. whisk broom.

9. a small bunch of grass, straw, hair, or the like, esp. for use in brushing.

10. an implement, usu. wire loops held together in a handle, for beating or whipping eggs, cream, etc.

[1325–75; (n.) Middle English (Scots) wysk rapid sweeping movement < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse, Norwegian visk wisp, Swedish viska besom]

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Whisk

 a bundle or tuft of twigs, hair, feathers, etc.; a small bunch of grass; a swarm of insects moving quickly. Also, wisp.

Examples: whisk of feathers; flowers, 1848; of mushroom fly, 1867; of hair; of insects; of straw, 1862; of twigs.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

whisk

Past participle: whisked
Gerund: whisking

Imperative

whisk

whisk

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whisk

To beat air into eggs, cream or batter using a looped wire utensil (a whisk).

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whisk - a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream mixer - a kitchen utensil that is used for mixing foods
	2.	whisk - a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes whisk broom broom - a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle
Verb	1.	whisk - move somewhere quickly; "The President was whisked away in his limo" bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
	2.	whisk - move quickly and nimbly; "He whisked into the house" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
	3.	whisk - brush or wipe off lightly whisk off wipe, pass over - rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"
	4.	whisk - whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs" whip cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" scramble, beat - stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"

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whisk

verb

1. rush, sweep, hurry I was whisked away in a police car.

2. pull, whip (informal), snatch, take The waiter whisked our plates away.

3. speed, race, shoot, fly, career, tear, rush, sweep, dash, hurry, barrel (along) (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), sprint, dart, hasten, burn rubber (informal), go like the clappers (Brit. informal), hightail it (U.S. informal), wheech (Scot. informal) She whisked out of the room.

4. flick, whip, sweep, brush, wipe, twitch The dog whisked its tail around in excitement.

5. beat, mix vigorously, stir vigorously, whip, fluff up Whisk together the sugar and the egg yolks.

noun

1. flick, sweep, brush, whip, wipe With one whisk of its tail, the horse brushed the flies off.

2. beater, mixer, blender Using a whisk, beat the mixture until it thickens.

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whisk

verb

1. To move swiftly:

bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.

Informal: hotfoot, rip.

Slang: barrel, highball.

Chiefly British: nip.

Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.

2. To mix rapidly to a frothy consistency:

beat, whip.

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Translations

حَرَكَه خاطِفَهمِخْفَقَةمِخْفَقَهيَخْفُقيُزيل أو يَنْقُل بِحَرَكَةٍ خاطِفَه

šlehač

piskerisfejefejenpiske

WischenschlagenSchneebesen

ξεσκονιστήρισύρμα

batidorbatidorabatirllevar rápidamentemovimiento rápido

huitaisu

battrefouetbalayer

mješač za snijeg

elröppentfelverlekap

òeytaòeytarisnögg stroka/hreyfingsópa; skjótast

agitarefrullinofrustamovimento rapidopiumino

素早い動き

털기

pačiuptipagriebimasplaktuvas

ātri aiznest/aizvest/aizslaucītputojamaissakultvēciensvēziens

garde

pisking

trzepaczka

batedeira

взмах

rýchlo dopraviťšľahačzmiesť

mešalnikstepati

visp

การตีให้เข้ากัน เช่นตีไข่กับครีม

birden alıp götürmekçırpmaçırpma teliçırpmakhızla alıp ortadan kaldırmak

dụng cụ đánh trứng

打蛋器拂打蛋

whisk

[wɪsk]

A. N

1. (= fly whisk) → matamoscas m inv

2. (Culin) (= hand whisk) → batidor m; (= electric whisk) → batidora f

B. VT

1. (Culin) → batir

2. (= move quickly) they whisked him off to a meeting → se lo llevaron volando a una reunión
we were whisked up in the lift to the ninth floor → el ascensor nos llevó con toda rapidez al piso nueve
see also whisk off, whisk up

C. VI he whisked past me as I was coming in → cuando entraba, le vi pasar de largo a toda velocidad

whisk away

A. VT + ADV

1. (= shake off) [+ dust] → quitar con un movimiento brusco
the horse whisked the flies away with its tail → el caballo ahuyentó las moscas con la cola

2. (= take) the waiter whisked the dishes away → el camarero se llevó los platos en seguida
she whisked it away from me → me lo arrebató

B. VI + ADV → desaparecer de repente

whisk off VT + ADV [+ dust] → quitar con un movimiento brusco
see also whisk B2

whisk up VT + ADV (Culin) → batir
see also whisk B2

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

whisk

[ˈ^hwɪsk]

n → fouet m

vt

[+ eggs, cream] → fouetter

to whisk sb away → escamoter qn

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

whisk

n

(= fly whisk) → Wedel m; (Cook) → Schneebesen m; (electric) → Rührbesen m, → Rührstab m, → Rührgerät nt; give the eggs a good whisk → schlagen Sie die Eier gut durch

(= movement) → Wischen nt; (of skirts) → Schwingen nt; with a whisk of its tail → mit einem Schwanzschlag

vt

(Cook) → schlagen; eggs → verquirlen; to whisk the eggs into the mixture → die Eier unter die Masse einrühren

the horse whisked its tail → das Pferd schlug mit dem Schwanz

(= move quickly) she whisked the book out of my hand → sie riss mir das Buch aus der Hand

vi (= move quickly) → fegen (inf), → stieben

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

whisk

[wɪsk]

1. n (Culin) (also hand whisk) → frusta, frullino a mano (also electric whisk) → frullino elettrico
with a whisk of its tail → con un colpo di coda

2. vt

a. (Culin) → frullare, sbattere; (egg whites) → montare a neve

b. whisk the eggs into the mixture → incorporare le uova all'impasto mescolando energicamente
the horse whisked the flies away with its tail → il cavallo scacciava le mosche con la coda
the waiter whisked the dishes away → il cameriere tolse in fretta i piatti
they whisked him off to a meeting → lo trascinarono di gran fretta a una riunione

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

whisk

(wisk) verb

1. to sweep, or cause to move, rapidly. He whisked the dirty dishes off the table; He whisked her off to the doctor. wegvoer يُزيل أو يَنْقُل بِحَرَكَةٍ خاطِفَه (из)бутам levar smést; ihned dopravit wischen, schnellstens bringen feje; trække af sted med αρπάζω, παίρνω γρήγορα llevar rápidamente pühkima, lennutama جاروب کردن huiskauttaa faire disparaître à toute allure; emmener immédiatement לְהָחִיש जल्दी या झट से ले जाना naglo pomaknuti lekap; elröppent menyambar, mengangkat, membawa seseorang sópa; skjótast (með) (portare via) さっと動かす (먼지 따위를) 털어내다 pagriebti, pačiupti ātri aiznest/aizvest/aizslaucīt mengibas-ngibas snel verwijderen, vervoeren feie, koste; dra av gårde med śmignąć, porwaćlevar a lua repe­de; a se mişca repede быстро уносить, уводить (prudko) zmiesť; odniesť; rýchlo dopraviť hitro odnesti, odpraviti skloniti vispa, förpassa [i flygande fläng] ตี; ปั่น; ปัดกวาด birden alıp götürmek, hızla alıp ortadan kaldırmak 拂去，催促快速行動 змахувати جھاڑو دینا vụt, đập 拂（去）

2. to beat (eggs etc) with a fork or whisk. klop, klits يَخْفُق разбивам bater (ovos) šlehat schlagen piske χτυπώ κτ. με πιρούνι ή χτυπητήρι batir vispeldama شکستن vatkata battre מַקצֵף चम्मच से फेंटना tući (jaja) felver (habot) mengocok þeyta sbattere 泡立てる 빨리 휘젓다 plakti sakult (olas u.tml.) memukul; memutar kloppenpiske ubijać bater (ovos) a bate (ouăle etc.) сбивать šľahať stepati umutiti vispa ตี çırpmak 攪打(蛋等) збивати پھینٹنا đánh kem 打蛋

noun

1. a rapid, sweeping motion. vinnig beweeg حَرَكَه خاطِفَه бързо движение batedela šlehnutí das Wischen fejen τίναγμα, γρήγορη κίνηση sacudida, movimiento rápido pühkimine حرکت سريع و جزيى huiske coup תְּנוּעָה מְהִירָה फेंटाई metenje suhintás sambaran, kocokan snögg stroka/hreyfing colpo さっと動くこと (가볍게) 털기 pagriebimas vēciens; vēziens melibas-libas zwiep raskt strøk, feiende bevegelse śmignięcie batedela mişcare rapidă быстрое движение švihnutie, šibnutie hiter gib vitlanje svepande rörelse การปัดกวาดอย่างเร็ว çırpma 拂 швидкий рух تیز حرکت cái vụt 拂

2. a kitchen tool made of wire etc, for beating eggs, cream etc. klopinstrument مِخْفَقَه бъркалка batedor šlehač der Schneebesen piskeris χτυπητήρι, σύρμαbatidora vispel هم زن vispilä fouet מַקצֵף चंवर metlica za tučenje jaja, vrhnja habverő alat pengocok þeytari frullino, frusta 泡立器 (달걀, 크림용) 거품내는 기구 plaktuvas (olu u.tml.) putojamais pemukul telur kloppervisptrzepaczka batedor tel мутовка šľahač metlica žica za mućenje visp เครื่องตีไข่หรือครีม çırpma teli 打蛋器 віничок تار وغیرہ کا بنا ہوا اوزار جس سے انڈا پھینٹتے ہیں cái đánh trứng, kem 打蛋器

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whisk

→ مِخْفَقَة šlehač piskeris Wischen ξεσκονιστήρι batidor huitaisu fouet mješač za snijeg frusta 素早い動き 털기 garde pisking trzepaczka batedeira взмах visp การตีให้เข้ากัน เช่นตีไข่กับครีม yumurta çırpıcısı dụng cụ đánh trứng 打蛋器

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