whisk

C2 Topic:Cooking & Baking

US /ˈwɪsk/ See IPA manual

Freq #24069

Meanings

1

verb
whip with or as if with a wire whisk

Whisk the eggs.
2

verb
move somewhere quickly

The President was whisked away in a limo.
3

verb
move quickly and nimbly

I whisked into the house with the groceries.

Verb forms

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Multiword verbs with whisk

whisk away Phrasal verb C2

to take someone or something away quickly and suddenly.
whisk off Phrasal verb C2

to take someone or something away quickly and suddenly

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Synonyms

1 verb · whip with or as if with a... whip

More broom mixer

Word family

Forms whiskedwhiskingwhisks

Derived forms tim-whiskeywhiskey

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Phrases (3)

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Etymology

From Middle English whisk, borrowed from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (“bundle of hay, wisp”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys-. Cognates Cognate with Danish visk, Dutch wis, German Wisch, Latin virga (“rod, switch”), viscus (“entrails”), Lithuanian vizgéti (“to tremble”), Czech věchet (“wisp of straw”), Sanskrit वेष्क (veṣka, “noose”). Compare also Old English wiscian (“to plait”), granwisc (“awn”). The unetymological wh- is probably expressive of the sound; compare the same development in whip and onomatopoeias such as whack and whoosh.

whisk Middle English visk Old Norse *wiskaz Proto-Germanic *weys- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Cooking & Baking Actions & Processes

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# whisk

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈwɪsk/
**Frequency rank:** 24069

## Meanings
1. whip with or as if with a wire whisk
2. move somewhere quickly
3. move quickly and nimbly

## Examples
- Whisk the eggs.
- The President was whisked away in a limo.
- I whisked into the house with the groceries.

## Synonyms
- whip
- broom
- mixer

## Derived Forms
- tim-whiskey
- whiskey

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: whisk
- Root: visk
- Root: *wiskaz
- Root: *weys-

## Etymology
From Middle English whisk, borrowed from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (“bundle of hay, wisp”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys-. Cognates Cognate with Danish visk, Dutch wis, German Wisch, Latin virga (“rod, switch”), viscus (“entrails”), Lithuanian vizgéti (“to tremble”), Czech věchet (“wisp of straw”), Sanskrit वेष्क (veṣka, “noose”). Compare also Old English wiscian (“to plait”), granwisc (“awn”). The unetymological wh- is probably expressive of the sound; compare the same development in whip and onomatopoeias such as whack and whoosh.

## Topics
- Cooking & Baking
- Actions & Processes

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