whisk
verb
[ wɪsk ]
• take or move (someone or something) somewhere suddenly and quickly.
• "he whisked her off to Paris for a few days"
Similar:
speed,
hurry,
rush,
catapult,
sweep,
hurtle,
shoot,
pull,
snatch,
pluck,
tug,
jerk,
take,
remove,
whip,
yank,
dash,
tear,
dart,
hasten,
scurry,
scuttle,
scamper,
sprint,
race,
run,
hare,
bolt,
bound,
fly,
gallop,
career,
charge,
pound,
streak,
whizz,
zoom,
go like lightning,
go hell for leather,
go like the wind,
flash,
double,
pelt,
scoot,
hotfoot it,
belt,
zip,
go like a bat out of hell,
go like the clappers,
bomb,
bucket,
leg it,
wheech,
boogie,
hightail it,
barrel,
get the lead out,
cut along,
post,
hie,
• beat or stir (a substance, especially cream or eggs) with a light, rapid movement.
Similar:
whip,
beat,
stir/mix vigorously,
whisk
noun
• a utensil for whipping eggs or cream.
• a bunch of grass, twigs, or bristles for removing dust or flies.
• a brief, rapid action or movement.
• "a whisk round St Basil's cathedral"
Origin:
late Middle English: of Scandinavian origin.
