Dictionary entry

Whisk (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Whisk, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Whisked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Whisking.] [Cf. Dan. viske, Sw. viska, G. wischen, D. wisschen. See Whisk, n.]

1. To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth.

2. To move with a quick, sweeping motion.

He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod. J. Fletcher.

I beg she would not impale worms, nor whisk carp out of one element into another. Walpole.