whisk

whisk
/hwisk, wisk/, v.t.
1. to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke: She whisked everything off the table with her arm.
2. to sweep (dust, crumbs, etc., or a surface) with a whisk broom, brush, or the like.
3. to draw, snatch, carry, etc., lightly and rapidly: He whisked the money into his pocket.
4. to whip (eggs, cream, etc.) to a froth with a whisk or beating instrument.
v.i.
5. to sweep, pass, or go lightly and rapidly.
n.
6. an act of whisking.
7. a rapid, sweeping stroke; light, rapid movement.
8. See whisk broom.
9. a small bunch of grass, straw, hair, or the like, esp. for use in brushing.
10. an implement, usually a bunch of wire loops held together in a handle, for beating or whipping eggs, cream, etc.
[1325-75; (n.) ME (Scots) wysk rapid sweeping movement; (v.) earlier Scots wisk, quhisk < Scand; cf. ON, Norw visk wisp, Sw viska besom, wisp, to whisk (off), Dan viske to wipe (cf. OHG wisken to wipe, wisc wisp of hay); for development of wh cf. WHIP]

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