whisk
/ˈwɪsk/ verbe C2En français : balayer, fouetter
- To move something with quick light sweeping motions. · Vernon whisked the sawdust from his workbench.
- In cooking, to whip e.g. eggs or cream.
- To move something rapidly and with no warning. · The governess whisked the children from the room before they could see their presents.
- To move lightly and nimbly. · The children whisked down the road to the fair, laughing and chattering as they went.
- To move whiskers.
He/she/it whisks · Prétérit whisked · Participe passé whisked · Forme en -ing whisking
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- whisk
- He/she/it
- whisks
- Prétérit
- whisked
- Participe passé
- whisked
- Forme en -ing
- whisking
Dans la bibliothèque
Gilbert had whisked the pin out of sight and was studying his history with the soberest face in the world; but when the commotion subsided he looked at Anne and winked with inexpressible drollery.
The sun shone bright and the birds sang sweetly, and Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl would who had been suddenly whisked away from her own country and set down in the midst of a strange land.
As for the Lion, he sniffed the fresh air with delight and whisked his tail from side to side in pure joy at being in the country again, while Toto ran around them and chased the moths and butterflies, barking merrily all the time.
Spencer whisked away, after pulling up the blinds.
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