Noun
a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes

Noun
a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream

Verb
whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs"

Verb
brush or wipe off lightly

Verb
move somewhere quickly; "The President was whisked away in his limo"

Verb
move quickly and nimbly; "He whisked into the house"

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n.
A game at cards; whist.

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

n.
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.

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

n.
A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.

n.
An impertinent fellow.

n.
A plane used by coopers for evening chines.

n.
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.

n.
To move with a quick, sweeping motion.

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

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Whisk

Whisk , n. [See Whist, n.] A game at cards; whist. [Obs.] Taylor (1630).

Whisk

Whisk, n. [Probably for wisk, and of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. visk a wisp; akin to Dan. visk, Sw. viska, D. wisch, OHG. wisc, G. wisch. See Wisp.] 1. The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff.

This first sad whisk Takes off thy dukedom; thou art but an earl.

2. 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. 3. A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc. Boyle. 4. A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.

My wife in her new lace whisk.

5. An impertinent fellow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 6. A plane used by coopers for evening chines.

Whisk

Whisk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whisked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Whisking.] [Cf. Dan. viske, Sw. viska, G. wischen, D. wisschen. See Whisk, n.] 1. 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. 2. To move with a quick, sweeping motion.

He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod.

I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another.

Whisk

Whisk, v. i. To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.

A game at cards; whist.

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

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