Word Meanings - WHISK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A game at cards; whist. Taylor .

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of WHISK)

• Brandish
• Flourish
• fence
• agitate
• wield
• whisk
• shake
• wave

Related words: (words related to WHISK)

• FENCE MONTH
  the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or
• WHISKYFIED; WHISKEYFIED
  Drunk with whisky; intoxicated. Thackeray.
• AGITATE
  1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly
• FENCER
  One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil. As blunt as the fencer's foils. Shak.
• SHAKE
  A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill. (more info) 1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other;
• WIELDSOME
  Admitting of being easily wielded or managed. Golding.
• WHISKY RING; WHISKEY RING
  A conspiracy of distillers and government officials during the administration of President Grant to defraud the government of the excise taxes. The frauds were detected in 1875 through the efforts of the Secretary of the Treasury. B. H. Bristow,
• WHISKIN
  A shallow drinking bowl. Ray.
• WHISKEY; WHISKY
  A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim- whiskey.
• FENCEFUL
  Affording defense; defensive. Congreve.
• WHISK
  1. To sweep, brush, or agitate, with a light, rapid motion; as, to whisk dust from a table; to whisk the white of eggs into a froth. 2. To move with a quick, sweeping motion. He that walks in gray, whisking his riding rod. J. Fletcher. I beg she
• WIELD
  gewyldan, from wealdan; akin to OS. waldan, OFries. walda, G. walten, OHG. waltan, Icel. valda, Sw. vålla to occasion, to cause, Dan. volde, Goth. waldan to govern, rule, L. valere to be strong. Cf. 1. To govern; to rule; to keep, or
• FLOURISHINGLY
  , adv. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.
• SHAKESPEAREAN
  Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his
• WHISKY; WHISKEY
  An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from
• WIELDLESS
  Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy. "Wieldless might." Spenser.
• SHAKEN
  1. Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough. 2. Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2. Nor is the wood shaken or twisted. Barroe. 3. Impaired, as by a shock.
• FLOURISHER
  One who flourishes.
• SHAKER
  A variety of pigeon. P. J. Selby. (more info) 1. A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken. 2. One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms
• FLOURISH
  1. A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor. The Roman monarchy, in her highest flourish, never had the like. Howell. 2. Decoration; ornament; beauty. The flourish of his sober youth Was the pride of naked truth. Crashaw. 3. Something made or
• DEFENCE
  See DEFENSE
• WIND-SHAKEN
  Shaken by the wind; specif. ,
• EFFLAGITATE
  To ask urgently. Cockeram.
• OVERSHAKE
  To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. Chaucer.
• OVERAGITATE
  To agitate or discuss beyond what is expedient. Bp. Hall.
• BOURBON WHISKY
  See WHISKY