whisk broom
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈwɪsk bruːm/
:
escobilla
- The barber is applying his little whisk broom to Bob's waistcoat while WW pulls out his purse to make payment.
- use a whisk broom
Examples
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If his concentration lapsed, the coffee grounds sprayed themselves all over the kitchen floor and had to be cleaned up with a whisk broom and a dustpan.
Academic text (2010) -
When the number reaches eight, he aims a spurt from his chaw and prepares to take his whisk broom to the rubber slab.
Fiction book (1992) -
Small ones might not even be "hot" enough to need more than gloves and a whisk broom to pick up safely.
Blog text (22) -
He had the tools up, and he swept the white plastic crumbs with a whisk broom.
Fiction book (2001) -
Aria got the whisk broom and dustpan and swept up the final fragments of records.
Fiction book (1997) -
Nat gathered his equipment, which turned out to be a pile of rags, a bucket, and a whisk broom.
Fiction book (1993) -
The driver used a whisk broom to clean off the backseat, and they headed out on the trail of Jellie Braden.
Fiction book (1993) -
Aria got the whisk broom and dustpan and swept up the final fragments of records.
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I use a whisk broom, you know?
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The driver used a whisk broom to clean off the backseat.
Synonyms
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4.2
A small brush with a short handle for removing dust or lint from clothes
A small brush for removing lint and dust from coats and shirts
How Small
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'small, short-handled broom' is directly derivable from combining 'whisk' (a small brush for removing lint) with 'broom' (a sweeping tool): the first noun specifies a smaller, brush-like type of broom. This noun+noun composition is a straightforward descriptive pattern found across languages and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Whisk broom comes from the word whisk, meaning 'to move quickly', and broom, a sweeping tool, so it names a small broom used to sweep away crumbs and lint quickly.