Whisker Definition
wĭskər, hwĭs-
whiskers
noun
whiskers
A mustache.
Webster's New World
A hair of a man's beard.
Webster's New World
The hair growing on a man's face; esp., the beard on the cheeks.
Webster's New World
Any of the long, bristly hairs growing on each side of the upper lip of a cat, rat, etc.; vibrissa.
Webster's New World
A very small amount or margin.
To lose an election by a whisker.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- hairsbreadth
- hair
- hair's-breadth
- sensory hair
- vibrissa
- cilium
- bristle
- filament
- facial-hair
- shadow
- shade
- semblance
- suggestion
- streak
- soupçon
Other Word Forms of Whisker
Noun
Singular:
whisker
Plural:
whiskersOrigin of Whisker
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Middle English wisker anything that whisks from wisken to whisk whisk
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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