whip cream

English

Noun

whip cream (uncountable)

1. Whipped cream.
   • 2005, Robert Proo Lopez, “First Test Flight”, in Red Moon Rising, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 60:

     “Coffee anyone?” Colonel Stanton asked. “A cappuccino with plenty of whip cream,” Captain Nishikawa kidded.

   • 2006, Lisa Teasley, Heat Signature, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, page 19:

     He opens the antique fifties turquoise fridge, scratches his head—also in need of a comb, cut, and shape—shoulders stooped, he searches for the whip cream. […] “I’ll go check it out before I leave,” Sam interrupts, holding the small carton of whip cream, […]

   • 2015, Xena Leycea-Bruno, “Taunting Little Jar of Sugar”, in Girls Write Now: Two Decades of True Stories from Young Female Voices, Portland, Ore., Brooklyn, N.Y.: Tin House Books, published 2018, →ISBN:

     Sometimes my finger would have little crystals of sugar making their way to my mouth as she plopped my mug of cappuccino and whip cream in front of me. She’d kind of frown at me but then I’d give her a smile knowing it got her every time. I’d polish off my finger and put whip cream on my cappuccino as she set out the cheese and crackers that always came along with this snack.

Derived terms

• whip-creamed
• whip-creamy