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Past tense of whisk

regular verb

The past tense of whisk is whisked. The past participle is also whisked.

Forms of whisk

Base form (V1)whisk /ˈwɪsk/
Past tense (V2)whisked
Past participle (V3)whisked
Present participlewhisking
Third person singularwhisks

Whisked in a sentence

  • Vernon whisked the sawdust from his workbench.
  • She held out her empty glass and it was adroitly whisked from her hand.1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 40
  • He was whisked off to the hospital.From the entry whisk off
  • For our honeymoon, he whisked me off to the Bahamas.From the entry whisk off
  • The garbage truck whisked away the trash bin.From the entry whisk away

Meaning of whisk

  1. noun A quick, light sweeping motion.
  2. noun A kitchen utensil, now usually made from stiff wire loops fixed to a handle (and formerly of twigs), used for whipping (or a mechanical device with the same function).
  3. noun A bunch of twigs, hair, etc., used as a brush.

Full definition of whisk

Questions about the past tense of whisk

What is the past tense of whisk?
The past tense of whisk is whisked.
What is the past participle of whisk?
The past participle of whisk is whisked.
Is whisk a regular or irregular verb?
Whisk is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: whisk (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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