Whisk
Whisk , noun
[See Whist, n.]
A game at cards; whist. [Obsolete] — Taylor (1630)
Whisk , noun
[Probably for wisk, and of Scand. origin; compare Icelandic visk a wisp; akin to Danish visk, Swedish viska, Dutch wisch, Old High German wisc, German wisch. See Wisp.]
1.
The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff.
This first sad whisk
Takes off thy dukedom; thou art but an earl.
2.
A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn.
3.
A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc. — Boyle
4.
A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
My wife in her new lace whisk.
5.
An impertinent fellow. [Provincial English] — Halliwell
6.
A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
Whisk , transitive verb
[Compare Danish viske, Swedish viska, German wischen, Dutch wisschen. See Whisk, n.]
1.
To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.
2.
To move with a quick, sweeping motion.
He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod.
I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another.
Whisk , intransitive verb
To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.