n. A wisp or small bunch, as of grass, hair, or straw; specifically, such a wisp used as a brush, broom, or besom, and especially in modern usage one made of the ripened panicle of broom-corn (see broom-corn and Sorghum), used for brushing the dust off clothes, etc.n. An instrument used for whisking, agitating, or beating certain articles, such as cream or eggs.n. A coopers' plane for leveling the chimes of casks.n. A neckerchief worn by women in the seventeenth century. Also called falling-whisk, apparently in distinction from the ruff.n. A brief, rapid sweeping motion as of something light; a sudden stroke, whiff, puff, or gale.n. A servant.n. An impertinent follow.To sweepor brush with a light, rapid motion: as, to whisk the dust from a table.To agitate or mix with a light, rapid motion; beat: as, to whisk eggs.To move with a quick, sweeping motion or flourish; move briskly.To flourish about.To carry suddenly and rapidly; whirl.To move with a quick, sweeping motion; move nimbly and swiftly: as, to whisk away.n. The game of whist.