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Synonyms for whisk

Grammar : Verb
Spell : hwisk, wisk
Phonetic Transcription : ʰwɪsk, wɪsk

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Définition of whisk

Origin :
  • late 14c., "quick stroke, sweeping movement," probably from Old Norse visk "wisp," from Proto-Germanic *wisk- "move quickly" (cf. Middle Dutch wisch, Dutch wis, Old High German wisc, German wisch "wisp, brush"), from PIE root *weis- "to turn, twist" (cf. Sanskrit veskah "noose," Czech vechet "a wisp of straw"). Meaning "implement for beating eggs, etc." first recorded 1570s.
  • verb brush quickly; hasten
Example sentences :
  • Work them well with a whisk or wooden spoon, adding the oil drop by drop.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Add the eggs and sauce, and mill with a whisk until the eggs are thick.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Add to them the sugar, and beat with a whisk for about twenty minutes until they rise.
  • Extract from : « The Skilful Cook » by Mary Harrison
  • Then whisk your cream up very well, take off the froth with a spoon, and fill the glasses carefully, as full as they will hold.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Whisk the whites of four eggs to a froth, mix it with the almonds, and a pound of sifted sugar, till reduced to a paste.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • The vapour arising from the wet cloth will raise the pile of the velvet, with the assistance of a whisk gently passed over it.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • There goes my whisk—no, they don't either, it's only the veil.
  • Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther
  • Near the warehouse a gust of wind took me unawares, and, whisk!
  • Extract from : « A Woman who went to Alaska » by May Kellogg Sullivan
  • How does she write on the pads on the table, and how does she whisk them away?
  • Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
  • I should have said 'Curving with a whisk' instead of merely 'Curving.'
  • Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton

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