overwhip

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ whip.

Verb

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!

Antonyms

• underwhip