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whisking off

whisking off is the present participle and gerund of whisk off.

Meaning of whisk off

Verb

whisk off (third-person singular simple present whisks off, present participle whisking off, simple past and past participle whisked off)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to rapidly remove.
    • He was whisked off to the hospital.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.
    • For our honeymoon, he whisked me off to the Bahamas.

Questions about whisking off

What is whisking off the present participle and gerund of?
Whisking off is the present participle and gerund of whisk off.

Words near whisking off in the dictionary

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

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