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    [Noun]  | "whisk" | \ ˈ(h)wisk \


    1: a quick light brushing or whipping motion

    2: a usually wire kitchen utensil used for beating food by hand

    3: a flexible bunch (as of twigs, feathers, or straw) attached to a handle for use as a brush

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English wisk, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse visk wisp; akin to Old English wiscian to plait;

    [Noun]  | "whisk broom" 


    1: a small broom with a short handle used especially for light cleaning or as a clothes brush

    Origin: 1831 ;

    [Noun]  | "fly whisk" 


    1: a whisk for brushing away flies

    Origin: 1841 ;

    [Verb]  | "whisk" 


    1: to move nimbly and quickly

    2: to move or convey briskly

    3: to mix or fluff up by or as if by beating with a whisk

    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "whisk" 


    1: a quick jerky movement from side to side or up and down;


      * e.g., " ... with a whisk of the broom, the dirt was gone "



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    [Verb]  | "whisk" 


    1: to cause to move or proceed fast or faster;


      * e.g., " ... the museum guide kept whisking us along, telling us there was much more we had to see "




    2: to move or proceed smoothly and readily;


      * e.g., " ... now that the highway has been widened, traffic just whisks along "




    3: to proceed or move quickly;


      * e.g., " ... whisked through the crowd and delivered the urgent message "




     

     

     

     

     


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