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overwhipping

overwhipping is the present participle and gerund of overwhip.

Meaning of overwhip

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

Questions about overwhipping

What is overwhipping the present participle and gerund of?
Overwhipping is the present participle and gerund of overwhip.

Words near overwhipping in the dictionary

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

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