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whippit, n.
Brit. |ˈwɪpɪt|, U.S. |ˈ(h)wɪpɪt|
Forms: 19– whippet, 19– whippit; Also with capital initial.
[‹ whip v. + it pron., probably punningly after whippet n.]
1. N. Amer. A type of handheld utensil with a spinning mechanism, used to beat eggs, cream, etc. Now hist.
1926Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 11 Mar. 16 (advt.) The ‘Whippit’ is one of the greatest time savers... It whips cream perfectly stiff in 15 seconds. 1948Winnipeg Free Press 6 Feb. (advt.) A beater [that] makes one egg go as far as two... Watch the ‘Whippit’ in action. 1956Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 19 July 29/7 A whippit or blade-type beater can beat cream in one-fourth to one-half minute. 2004Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 2 Dec. d1 Her antique is a Whippit, a utensil that belonged to her mother.
2. orig. and chiefly N. Amer.
a. A small metal canister containing nitrous oxide, used esp. to pressurize a reusable dispenser for whipped cream.
In form Whippets, a proprietary name in the United States.
1936Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 17 Mar. 491/2 Nu-Whip Corp... Whippets. For gases in cartridge containers adapted for aerated food products under pressure. 1948N.Y. Times 18 Apr. 48 (advt.) No beating necessary..a whippet charger does it. 1998Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 25 June Whippits are used commercially to refill whipped cream cans.
b. slang. Usu. in pl. A dose of nitrous oxide (often obtained from such a canister) inhaled as a means of becoming intoxicated. Freq. in to do whippits.
1979Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 10 Jan. 4/3 Brady theorizes that teen-agers may get high on the whippets and other drugs and perform burglaries. 1993N.Y. Times 26 Sept. ix. 3/4 [He] sucked on a pink balloon. It was filled with nitrous oxide... ‘They're doing whippets.’ 2000R. J. Evans Entertainment vi. 81 ‘So what are you up to now, then?’.. ‘Whippets, like,’ the kid said, slipping the air freshener out of his bomber jacket. 2004Atlanta Constit. (Nexis) 2 Apr. 6 c, Shaggy grabs a whipped-cream can and huffs a whippit off it. 2006Denver Westword (Nexis) 2 Nov. [He] indulged in..doing whippits mid-interview. |