whisk off

1. 1.

   brush or wipe off lightly

   Synonymswhisk

   Broaderwipe
2. 2.

   take away quickly and suddenly

   Synonymswhisk away

   Broadertake away

Questions about whisk off

What does whisk off mean?

whisk off means "brush or wipe off lightly". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for whisk off?

Close synonyms include whisk, whisk away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is whisk off a common word?

whisk off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.