whisk

  • 31whisk broom — n AmE a small stiff ↑broom used especially for brushing clothes …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32whisk broom — whisk′ broom n. a small short handled broom used chiefly to brush clothes • Etymology: 1855–60 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 33whisk broom — n. a small, short handled broom for brushing clothes, etc …

    English World dictionary

  • 34whisk|ered — «HWIHS kuhrd», adjective. 1. having whiskers: »a grave whiskered young man (Arnold Bennett). 2. in the form of whiskers: »whiskered hair …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 35Whisk Broom II — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Whisk Broom II caption = Whisk Broom II sire = Broomstick grandsire = Ben Brush dam = Audience damsire = Sir Dixon sex = Stallion foaled = 1907 country = USA colour = Chestnut breeder = Senorita Stud… …

    Wikipedia

  • 36whisk broom — noun a small short handled broom used to brush clothes • Syn: ↑whisk • Derivationally related forms: ↑whisk (for: ↑whisk) • Hypernyms: ↑broom * * * noun …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 37whisk off — verb 1. brush or wipe off lightly • Syn: ↑whisk • Derivationally related forms: ↑whisk (for: ↑whisk) • Hypernyms: ↑wipe, ↑pass over …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 38whisk off — v. (colloq.) (d; tr.) to whisk off to (they were whisked off to prison) * * * (colloq.) (d; tr.) to whisk off to (they were whisk offed off to prison) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 39whisk fern — ▪ genus  either of the two species of the primitive fern genus Psilotum in the family Psilotaceae of the order Psilotales and the class Psilotopsida of the division Pteridophyta (the lower vascular plants (plant)).       A whisk fern has water… …

    Universalium

  • 40whisk away — v. see whisk off * * * see whisk off …

    Combinatory dictionary