whisk
whisk is a 5-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A game at cards; whist. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A game at cards; whist.
- noun. The act of whisking; a rapid, sweeping motion, as of something light; a sudden motion or quick puff.
- noun. A small bunch of grass, straw, twigs, hair, or the like, used for a brush; hence, a brush or small besom, as of broom corn.
- noun. A small culinary instrument made of wire, or the like, for whisking or beating eggs, cream, etc.
- noun. A kind of cape, forming part of a woman's dress.
- noun. An impertinent fellow.
- noun. A plane used by coopers for evening chines.
- noun. 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.
- noun. To move with a quick, sweeping motion.
- intransitive verb. To move nimbly at with velocity; to make a sudden agile movement.
- noun. a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
- noun. a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
- verb. whip with or as if with a wire whisk
"whisk the eggs"
- verb. brush or wipe off lightly
- verb. move somewhere quickly
"The President was whisked away in his limo"
- verb. move quickly and nimbly
"He whisked into the house"
Synonyms
Common word forms
whisks, whisked, whisker, whiskful, whisking
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for WHISK lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.