overwhip en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + whip.
Meanings
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(transitive) To whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.
Turn the mixer on medium-high, and then do that thing professional cooks live in fear of being yelled at for: overwhip the cream!
2007 July 1, Daniel Patterson, “Curd Mentality”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overwhipping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overwhips | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overwhipped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overwhipped | Tense=Past | lexicographic |