Usually means: Tool for rapidly stirring, beating.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word whisk:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. whisk: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. whisk: Merriam-Webster
  3. whisk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. whisk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. whisk: Collins English Dictionary
  6. whisk: Vocabulary.com
  7. Whisk, whisk: Wordnik
  8. whisk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. whisk: Wiktionary
  10. whisk: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. whisk: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. whisk: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. whisk: Dictionary.com
  14. whisk (n.), whisk (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. whisk: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Whisk (ballroom dance), Whisk (disambiguation), Whisk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Whisk: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. whisk: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. whisk: Rhymezone
  20. Whisk: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. whisk: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. whisk: FreeDictionary.org
  23. whisk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. whisk: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  2. whisk: Cook's Thesaurus

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whisk: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whisk: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. whisk, whisk, whisk: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. whisk: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See whisked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A quick, light sweeping motion.
noun:  A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
noun:  A bunch of twigs or hair etc, used as a brush.
noun:  A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.
noun:  A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
noun:  A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
verb:  (transitive) To move something with quick light sweeping motions.
verb:  (transitive) In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.
verb:  (transitive) To move something rapidly and with no warning.
verb:  (intransitive) To move lightly and nimbly.
verb:  (transitive) To move whiskers.
noun:  (obsolete) The card game whist.

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