whisk

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To move something with quick light sweeping motions.
2. (transitive) In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.
3. (transitive) To move something rapidly and with no warning.
4. (intransitive) To move lightly and nimbly.
5. (transitive) To move whiskers.

Concetti

frusta

frullino

montare

scopino

disattendere

frullare

lanciarsi

portare via

sbattere

scacciamosche

cacciamosche

frullino elettrico

montare a neve

scopare

spazzare

spolverare

sinonimi

brush

whip

sweep

wipe off

whisk broom

wipe

dash about

strike

dust

flit

fly

✈️

beat

rake

dart

🎯

graze

whisk off

stir

scurry about

wipe up

dash

💨

flash

go

hit

hotfoot

kidnap

negative

pass over

plunge

race

rape

ravish

rebuff

refuse

reject

repudiate

rub out

run

score out

scratch

skim

slip

stirrer

stir up

streak

swab

sweep away

sweep up

swob

toothpick

scamper away

Traduzioni

fouet

batidora

Schneebesen

batidor

fouetter

battre

batir

Schaumschläger

transporter

πετιέμαι

balayette

balayer

βέργα

wischen

εκτοξεύομαι

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/(h)wɪsk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine danese: visk

Affine olandese: wis

Affine tedesco: Wisch

Affine latino: virga

Affine lituano: vizgéti

Affine ceco: věchet

Affine sanscrito: वेष्क

Affine inglese antico: wiscian

In summary

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.