whisker
whiskers, a beard.
Usually whiskers. side whiskers.
a single hair of the beard.
Archaic. a mustache.
one of the long, stiff, bristly hairs growing about the mouth of certain animals, as the cat or rat; vibrissa.
Also called whisker boom, whisker pole .Nautical. any spar for extending the clew or clews of a sail so that it can catch more wind.
Radio, Electronics. cat whisker.
Crystallography. a thin filament of a crystal, usually several millimeters long and one to two microns in diameter, having unusually great strength.
Idioms about whisker
by a whisker, by the narrowest margin: She won the race by a whisker.
Origin of whisker
1Other words from whisker
- whisk·er·y, adjective
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How to use whisker in a sentence
In fact, traditional Chinese medicine outlines the uses for each component of a tiger, down to its nose leather and whiskers.
Then he pointed to my sunken cheeks where a couple gray whiskers poked through.
Prince Harry has been ordered to shave off his ginger whiskers by no higher authority than the Queen herself.
After a few years of stubble, the lumberjack whiskers returned, now dyed black.
Learning To Fear Dodger Pitcher Brian Wilson’s Beard | Sujay Kumar | October 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was Coco the other day, on Page Six, his familiar red coiffure now underlined by some bright, red whiskers.
Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) OgdenUnder the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.
The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) OgdenOne is of my own poor sex, a man, a thing of whiskers; the other has the honour to belong to that sex which—have I said it?
First Plays | A. A. MilneThe black wig and whiskers lay near him; but the real hair, light and scanty, was pushed back from the damp brow.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodThere the man has lived—if you can call such an existence living; Willy Gum, concealed by his borrowed black hair and whiskers.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for whisker
/ (ˈwɪskə) /
any of the stiff sensory hairs growing on the face of a cat, rat, or other mammal: Technical name: vibrissa
any of the hairs growing on a person's face, esp on the cheeks or chin
(plural) a beard or that part of it growing on the sides of the face
(plural) informal a moustache
Also called: whisker boom, whisker pole any light spar used for extending the clews of a sail, esp in light airs
chem a very fine filamentary crystal having greater strength than the bulk material since it is a single crystal. Such crystals often show unusual electrical properties
a person or thing that whisks
a narrow margin; a small distance: he escaped death by a whisker
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with whisker
see by a hair (whisker); win by a nose (whisker).
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