Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to whisk
Participle: whisked
Gerund: whisking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | whisk |
| you | whisk |
| he;she;it | whisks |
| we | whisk |
| you | whisk |
| they | whisk |
Perfect
| I | have whisked |
| you | have whisked |
| he;she;it | has whisked |
| we | have whisked |
| you | have whisked |
| they | have whisked |
Past
| I | whisked |
| you | whisked |
| he;she;it | whisked |
| we | whisked |
| you | whisked |
| they | whisked |
Pluperfect
| I | had whisked |
| you | had whisked |
| he;she;it | had whisked |
| we | had whisked |
| you | had whisked |
| they | had whisked |
Future
| I | will whisk |
| you | will whisk |
| he;she;it | will whisk |
| we | will whisk |
| you | will whisk |
| they | will whisk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have whisked |
| you | will have whisked |
| he;she;it | will have whisked |
| we | will have whisked |
| you | will have whisked |
| they | will have whisked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | whisk |
| you | whisk |
| he;she;it | whisk |
| we | whisk |
| you | whisk |
| they | whisk |
Perfect
| I | have whisked |
| you | have whisked |
| he;she;it | have whisked |
| we | have whisked |
| you | have whisked |
| they | have whisked |
Imperfect
| I | whisked |
| you | whisked |
| he;she;it | whisked |
| we | whisked |
| you | whisked |
| they | whisked |
Pluperfect
| I | had whisked |
| you | had whisked |
| he;she;it | had whisked |
| we | had whisked |
| you | had whisked |
| they | had whisked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would whisk |
| you | would whisk |
| he;she;it | would whisk |
| we | would whisk |
| you | would whisk |
| they | would whisk |
Perfect
| I | would have whisked |
| you | would have whisked |
| he;she;it | would have whisked |
| we | would have whisked |
| you | would have whisked |
| they | would have whisked |
Imperative
| you | whisk |
| we | Let's whisk |
| you | whisk |
Verbs conjugated like 'whisk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'whisk'
whish,
whist,
brisk,
chick,
chink,
chirk,
disk,
fisk,
flisk,
frisk,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1375, "quick stroke, sweeping movement," probably from O.N. visk "wisp," from P.Gmc. *wisk- "move quickly" (cf. M.Du. wisch, Du. wis, O.H.G. wisc, Ger. wisch "wisp, brush"), from PIE base *weis- "to turn, twist" (cf. Skt. veskah "noose," Czech vechet "a wisp of straw"). Meaning "implement for beating eggs, etc." first recorded 1577.
2. From Middle English whisk, borrowed from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (“bundle of hay, wisp”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys-.
3. Cognates
4. 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”).
5. Compare also Old English wiscian (“to plait”), granwisc (“awn”).
6. The unetymological wh- is probably expressive of the sound; compare the same development in whip and onomatopoeias such as whack and whoosh.
Sample Sentences
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Vernon whisked the sawdust from his workbench.
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He that walks in gray, whisking his riding Page. [1626 February 13 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Noble Gentleman”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]
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She held out her empty glass and it was adroitly whisked from her hand. [1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 40:]
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The chef prepared to whisk the egg whites for the angel's food cake.
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First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour. [2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, Random House, →ISBN, page 79:]
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July 3, 1769, Horace Walpole, letter to the Earl of Strafford
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I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another.
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The governess whisked the children from the room before they could see their presents.
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The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator. [1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:]
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The children whisked down the road to the fair, laughing and chattering as they went.