whisk

Betekenis (English)

1. A quick, light sweeping motion.
2. 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).
3. A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
4. A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
5. A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
6. A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.

brush

whip

whisk broom

dash about

scurry about

score out

scamper away

brush away

eggwhisk

fly swatter

swing out

vaccuum

fly-flap

egg-beater

pelt along

dart away

travel rapidly

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/(h)wɪsk/

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In summary

From Middle English [Term?], from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (“bundle of hay, wisp”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys-. 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.

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whisk

Betekenis (English)

Synonyms

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/(h)wɪsk/

Etimologie (English)

Cognate with Deens

visk

Cognate with Nederlands

wis

Cognate with Duits

Wisch