whisking
present participle ofwhisk
whisk
verb
uk/wɪsk/us/wɪsk/whiskverb(REMOVE)
[Tusually+ adv/prep]
to take something or someonesomewhereelsesuddenlyandquickly:
Ourcoffeeswere whiskedawaybefore we'devenfinishedthem.
We only hadhalfanhourtoseeher before she was whiskedoff tosomeexoticlocation.
Herhusbandwhisked heroff toEgypt for herbirthday.
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
whiskverb(BEAT FOOD)
[T]
tobeateggs,cream, etc. with aspecialtoolinordertoaddairand make thefoodlight:
Whisk theeggwhitesuntilstiff.
Removemixturefromheatand whisk in thebrandyandvanillaessence.
Preparing food
- batch cooking
- biga
- bind
- boil
- butter
- buttered
- can't boil an eggidiom
- clarify
- glaze
- glazed
- grate
- ingredient
- jerk
- purée
- re-season
- recipe
- rehydrate
- restuff
- toss
- zap
Examplesofwhisking
whisking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The chocolate mousse was prepared immediately afterwards bywhiskingdesiccated mousse with water before transferring to serving bowls.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The activity described above occurs in association with a rhythm of theta when linked with sniffing and coordinatedwhisking.
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That is not, in itself, a good enough reason forwhiskingup children, taking them out of their home and putting them in care.
From the
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It means a knock on doors at five o'clock in the morning; it means entering people's private homes, identifying individuals,whiskingthem away and locking them up.
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The balloon had opened at the tie and looked to bewhiskingacross the sky.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Whiskingand sniffing are tightly correlated in their occurrence, with sniff inhalations occurring during whisker protraction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Generally, the kind used forwhiskingthin tea ("usucha") has 80, 100, or 120 fine tines.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Continue adding butter whilewhiskinguntil one has the desired quantity of "beurre mont".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It also occurs if they turn their head to the side whilewhisking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mayonnaise is made by slowly adding oil to an egg yolk, whilewhiskingvigorously to disperse the oil.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Exploratorywhiskingoccurs when animals whisk in air without contact or with only light contact.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Whiskingmovements are amongst the fastest produced by mammals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Then, as with a mayonnaise, the emulsion is formed by very slowlywhiskingmelted butter into it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In allwhiskinganimals in which it has so far been measured, thesewhiskingmovements are rapidly controlled in response to behavioural and environmental conditions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many species have long, sensitive vibrissae for touch orwhisking.
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- race-baiter
- race-baiting
- race-baiting
- race car
- race-car
- race car driver
- race-car-driver
- racecourse
- raced
- race discrimination
- race-discrimination
- race equality
- race-equality
- race-gender-etc-card
- racehorse
- raceme
- race meet
- race-meet
- race meeting
- race-meeting
- racemic
- race-neutral
- race-neutral
- race organizer
- racer