overwhip

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ whip

Verb[edit]

overwhip (third-person singular simple present overwhips, present participle overwhipping, simple past and past participle overwhipped)

  1. (transitive) To whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.
    • 2007 July 1, Daniel Patterson, “Curd Mentality”, in New York Times[1]:
      Turn the mixer on medium-high, and then do that thing professional cooks live in fear of being yelled at for: overwhip the cream!

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