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whisking

whisking noun: the motion of something that is whisked. Also the present participle and gerund of whisk.

Noun

whisking (plural whiskings)

  1. The motion of something that is whisked.
    • the whiskings of a horse's tail
  2. The movement of an animal's whiskers.

Also used as

whisking is also the present participle and gerund of whisk.

Forms of whisking

pluralwhiskings

Phrases with whisking

Questions about whisking

What does whisking mean?
Whisking means the motion of something that is whisked.
What part of speech is whisking?
Whisking is a noun.
What is the plural of whisking?
The plural of whisking is whiskings.

Words near whisking in the dictionary

  1. whiskied
  2. whiskies
  3. whiskified
  4. WhiskiLeaks
  5. whiskin
  6. whisking
  7. whisking away
  8. whisking off
  9. whiskingly
  10. whiskings
  11. whiskins

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