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verb | noun whiskwhisk1 /wɪsk/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYwhisk1Origin: 1300-1400 Probably from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEwhisk |
Present | I, you, we, they | whisk | | he, she, it | whisks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | whisked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have whisked | | he, she, it | has whisked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had whisked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will whisk | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have whisked |
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Present | I | am whisking | | he, she, it | is whisking | | you, we, they | are whisking | Past | I, he, she, it | was whisking | | you, we, they | were whisking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been whisking | | he, she, it | has been whisking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been whisking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be whisking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been whisking |
1 [transitive] to mix liquid or soft things very quickly so that air is mixed in, especially with a fork or a whisk2[transitive always + adv./prep.] to take someone or something very quickly from one place to another: whisk somebody/something away He whisked the letter away before I could read it.whisk somebody/something around/across/through etc. something I was whisked across town to the next meeting.3[transitive] to move something with a short quick movement4[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to move somewhere quicklywhisk somebody off phrasal verb to take someone quickly away from a place verb | noun whiskwhisk2 noun [countable] 1a small kitchen tool made of curved pieces of wire, used for beating eggs, cream, etc.2[usually singular] a quick light sweeping movement: whisk of a whisk of the cow’s tail |