overwhip

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verb

To whip (cream, etc.) too much, so as to spoil the texture.

Opposite
underwhip
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

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

present singular third person overwhips · participle present overwhipping · participle past overwhipped · past overwhipped

  1. transitiveTo 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
underwhip

Origin

From over- + whip.

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APA

overwhip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwhip

MLA

“overwhip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwhip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overwhip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overwhip.

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