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Whisk

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
wɪsk

Definitions

  1. A quick, light sweeping motion.
  2. The card game whist.
    obsolete, uncountable
  3. A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
  4. A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
  5. A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
  6. A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
  7. A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.

Equivalents

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Examples

“With a quick whisk, she swept the cat from the pantry with her broom.”
“He used a whisk to whip up a light⟳ and airy souffle.”
“Peter dipped the whisk in lather and applied it to his face⟳, so he could start⟳ shaving.”
“I used a whisk to sweep⟳ the counter, then a push-broom for the floor.”
“My wife in her new lace whiske.”
“Trump, noddy, whisk, hole[…]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

whisk fern Whiska Creek whiskbroom Whisked Whisker whisker biscuit

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