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- Dictionarywhisker/ˈwɪskə/
noun
- 1. a long projecting hair or bristle growing from the face or snout of many mammals.
- 2. a very small amount: informal "they won the election by a whisker"
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WHISKER definition: 1. any of the long, stiff hairs growing on the face of a cat, mouse, or other mammal: 2. the hair…. Learn more.
: a thin hairlike crystal (as of sapphire or copper) of exceptional mechanical strength used especially to reinforce composite structural material. whiskered. ˈ (h)wi-skərd. adjective. whiskery. ˈ (h)wi-sk (ə-)rē. adjective. Examples of whisker in a Sentence. He won the race by a whisker.
1. any of the stiff sensory hairs growing on the face of a cat, rat, or other mammal. Technical name: vibrissa. 2. any of the hairs growing on a person's face, esp on the cheeks or chin. 3. (plural)
whiskers [ plural ] old-fashioned or humorous. the hair growing on a man's face, especially the sides and/or the lower part: I haven't shaved for a week, I'm getting some whiskers! See more. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals. ala. baleen. bristle. bristly. coated. cowhide. dander. downy. feather
A whisker is a thick, bristly hair that grows on an animal's face. Your cat's long whiskers actually help her to navigate in the dark. You can also call a human's beard whiskers, but the word usually means the stiff hairs on the snout of an animal like a fox, a walrus, or a rat.
noun. any of the stiff sensory hairs growing on the face of a cat, rat, or other mammal Technical namevibrissa. 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. informal. plural a moustache.
n. 1. a. whiskers The hair on a man's cheeks and chin. b. A single hair of a beard or mustache. 2. One of the long stiff tactile bristles or hairs that grow near the mouth and elsewhere on the head of most mammals; a vibrissa. 3. Informal A narrow margin; a hairsbreadth: The candidate lost the election by a whisker.
Definition of whisker noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'whisker' 1. The whiskers of an animal such as a cat or a mouse are the long stiff hairs that grow near its mouth. [...] 2. You can refer to the hair on a man's face, especially on the sides of his face, as his whiskers . [...] More. Pronunciations of 'whisker' American English: wɪskər British English: hwɪskəʳ. More.
WHISKER definition: one of the long, stiff hairs that grows around the mouths of animals such as cats. Learn more.
