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# whisk

noun (a whisk, whisks); verb (whisk, whisks, whisked, whisking)

«whisk» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A whisk is a kitchen tool made of curved wires, used to beat eggs or cream quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/#m1)
2. To whisk means to beat food fast with a whisk or fork to add air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/#m2)
3. To whisk someone or something away means to take them somewhere very quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/#m3)
4. A whisk can also be a quick, light flick or sweep, such as an animal swishing its tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/#m4)

### In the lessons

In cooking and food lessons, you whisk eggs for scrambled eggs and whisk egg whites until stiff for meringues; whisking traps air bubbles. In stories, a car whisks someone away, or a magic wind whisks the hero to another land. A cow whisks its tail to brush off flies.

### Examples

- Whisk the eggs and milk together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/#x1)
- Pass me the whisk, please. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/#x2)
- Whisk the cream until it is thick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/#x3)
- A taxi whisked them away to the airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/#x4)
- The magic carpet whisked Aladdin into the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/#x5)
- The horse whisked its tail at the flies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/#x6)
- And with this proud speech he gave a whisk of his long tail, and galloped away faster than before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun; regular verb: whisked. Electric whisk = a mixer. Do not confuse with whisky (a strong alcoholic drink) or whiskers.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whisk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whisk/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whisk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/whisk.html) on Mova free.