Meaning

7 senses
  1. A quick, light sweeping motion.

    With a quick whisk, she swept the cat from the pantry with her broom.

    сма́хиваниеsmáxivanije

  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.

    Schneebesen, Schaumschläger

    сбива́лкаsbiválka, ве́нчикvénčik, взбива́лкаvzbiválka

    ві́ничок m колоті́вкаvínyčok, збива́лкаzbyválka

  3. A bunch of twigs, hair, etc., used as a brush.

    Peter dipped the whisk in lather and applied it to his face, so he could start shaving.

    метёлкаmetjólka

    a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes

  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.

    Handfeger, Handbesen, Bartwisch

    метёлкаmetjólka

    ві́ничокvínyčok

  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.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Beat the eggs with a whisk.

    deSchlagen Sie die Eier mit einem Schneebesen. — MUIRIEL

  2. Mary whisked some snow off her hat.

  3. He was whisked away by the bodyguards.

  4. Watch our new detergent whisk away stains.

  5. They don't sell electric whisks in this shop.

    deIn diesem Geschäft verkaufen sie kein Handrührgerät. — manese

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
kitchen utensil — see also egg whisk:
small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle:
Русский
By meaning 3
quick, light sweeping motion:
kitchen utensil — see also egg whisk:
bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
kitchen utensil — see also egg whisk:
small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle:

Origin

From Middle English whisk, borrowed from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wis

From Middle English whisk, borrowed from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (“bundle of hay, wisp”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys-.

So called from the rapid action of sweeping the cards off the table after a trick has been won.

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Forms

plural: whisks
Singularwhisk
Pluralwhisks

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes:whisk broom

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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