Complete Definition of "whisker"

English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪsk�(r)|-ɪsk�(r)

Noun
en-noun

  1. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both
  2. A hair of the beard.
  3. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
  4. colloquial The (very small) distance between two things

#* It missed falling on your foot by a whisker.

  1. nautical spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds.

Derived terms
cat's whiskers|cat�s whiskers

Translations
trans-top|hair of the beard
Czech: vous m
Finnish: partakarva
German: Barthaar n
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat
Czech: vous m
Danish: knurhår
Finnish: viiksikarva
German: Schnurrhaar n
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|(colloquial) very small distance between two things
Czech: fous m
Danish: hårsbredde
German: Haaresbreite f
trans-mid
trans-bottom

See also
pedialite

Category:Hair

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