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overwhip

overwhip verb: to whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.

Verb

overwhip (third-person singular simple present overwhips, present participle overwhipping, simple past and past participle overwhipped)

  1. (transitive) To whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.
    • Turn the mixer on medium-high, and then do that thing professional cooks live in fear of being yelled at for: overwhip the cream!2007 July 1, Daniel Patterson, “Curd Mentality”, in New York Times

Antonyms of overwhip

Forms of overwhip

third-person singular presentoverwhips
present participleoverwhipping
past participleoverwhipped
pastoverwhipped

Origin of overwhip

From over- + whip.

Questions about overwhip

What does overwhip mean?
Overwhip means to whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.
What part of speech is overwhip?
Overwhip is a verb.
What is the past tense of overwhip?
The past tense of overwhip is overwhipped.

Words near overwhip in the dictionary

  1. overwhelmingly
  2. overwhelmingness
  3. overwhelmings
  4. overwhelmment
  5. overwhelms
  6. overwhip
  7. overwhipped
  8. overwhipping
  9. overwhips
  10. overwicked
  11. overwide

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