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whisk

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1. whisk - Noun

2. whisk - Verb

Meaning

A game at cards; whist.

The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff.

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.

A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc.

An impertinent fellow.

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.

To move with a quick, sweeping motion.

To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Not, not mine: it's somebody else's wound; I could never have borne it. So take the thing that happened, hide it, stick it in the ground; whisk the lamps away. Anna Akhmatova

My dream date is a tall, dark, handsome, blue eyed man with a bubble butt who will whisk me away to Paris in a hot air balloon to wine me, dine me and. Karen McDougal

As you do Pilates, use your breath to draw your mind into the present and whisk the tension out of your body. Denise Austin

Leave a bit of the tail to whisk off flies. Chinese Proverb

whisk the eggs Source: Internet

The President was whisked away in his limo Source: Internet

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