Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sweeping along lightly; moving nimbly.
- Great; large.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Sweeping along lightly.
- adjective Prov. Eng. Large; great.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
whisk .
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Examples
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Begin whisking the yolks while slowly pouring 1/4 of the hot liquid into the yolks.
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Begin whisking the yolks while slowly pouring 1/4 of the hot liquid into the yolks.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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While the syrup is heating, begin whisking the egg and egg yolk at high speed in the bowl of your mixer using the whisk attachment.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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While the syrup is heating, begin whisking the egg and egg yolk at high speed in the bowl of your mixer using the whisk attachment.
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Ath advanced purposefully from the shadows beside the dark idol, his broadsword whisking from its sheath.
Conan and the Emerald Lotus Hocking, John 1995
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The whisking is the laborious part, so if any well-meaning relative are hanging about trying to help, have them whisk while you wander by periodically and check the temperature.
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While slightly disappointing, I still like the effect, and the idea of whisking things around with the flick of a wrist fascinates me.
MAKE Magazine 2009
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In House of Suns, I played with the idea of dispensing with airlocks and suits entirely, by inventing (with the aid of inertialess fields) something called "whisking": what if you could be shot between two ships sufficiently quickly that you were only exposed to vacuum for a few milliseconds?
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Of course, you will have a very strong arm from all that whisking, meaning you now have a crushing handshake, but why bother?
At My Table 2007
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Of course, you will have a very strong arm from all that whisking, meaning you now have a crushing handshake, but why bother?
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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