whiskverb
uk/wɪsk/us/wɪsk/whisk verb (REMOVE)
[ T usually + adv/prep ] to take something or someone somewhere else suddenly and quickly:
Our coffees were whisked away before we'd even finished them.
We only had half an hour to see her before she was whisked off to some exotic location.
Her husband whisked her off to Egypt for her birthday.
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- glide
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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whisk verb (BEAT FOOD)
[ T ] to beat eggs, cream, etc. with a special tool in order to add air and make the food light:
Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
Remove mixture from heat and whisk in the brandy and vanilla essence.
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Preparing food
- butter
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- cube
- dice
- fold
- knead
- leaven
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- salt
- slow food
- spice
- stuffed
- sweeten
- thicken
- thin
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whisknoun [ C ]
uk/wɪsk/us/wɪsk/a kitchen tool that you use for beating food such as eggs and cream in order to add air and make it light:
Using a whisk, blend the ingredients thoroughly.
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Kitchen utensils
- -pronged
- beater
- bottle opener
- bread knife
- brochette
- can opener
- corkscrew
- fish slice
- garlic press
- grater
- knife
- knife grinder
- peeler
- pepper mill
- pestle
- prong
- spatula
- toasting fork
- tongs
- utensil
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