Whisker

Word WHISKER
Character 7
Hyphenation whisk er
Pronunciations /wɪskə(ɹ)/

Definitions and meanings of "Whisker"

What do we mean by whisker?

The hair on a man's cheeks and chin. noun

A single hair of a beard or mustache. noun

One of the long stiff tactile bristles or hairs that grow near the mouth and elsewhere on the head of most mammals; a vibrissa. noun

A narrow margin; a hairsbreadth. noun

One of two spars or booms projecting from the side of a bowsprit for spreading the jib or flying-jib guys. noun

An extremely fine filamentary crystal with extraordinary tensile strength and unusual electrical or surface properties. noun

One who or that which whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion. noun

A switch or rod. noun

A bunch of feathers for sweeping anything. noun

In zoology: noun

One of the long, stiff, bristly hairs which grow on the upper lip of the cat and many other animals; a vibrissa; a feeler; also, the set of such hairs on either side of the mouth. See vibrissa, and cuts under Platyrhynchus and tiger. noun

Plural Any similar formation of hairs, feathers, etc., about an animal's mouth; also, color-marks suggestive of whiskers, as mystacial or maxillary stripes. See whiskered. noun

In entomology, a long fringe of hairs on the clypeus, overhanging the mouth, as in flies of the genus Asilus. noun

The hair of the face, especially that on the sides of the face or cheeks of a man, as distinguished from that which grows on the upper lip (called the mustache) and that on the chin (called the beard), but the word was formerly also used for the hair on the upper lip: commonly in the plural. Compare side-whiskers. noun

In ships, an outrigger of wood or iron extending laterally from each side of the bowsprit-cap, serving to support the jib and flying-jib guys. noun

Something great or extraordinary; a whopper; a big lie. noun

A blusterer. noun

One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion. noun

Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural. noun

That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.

A hair of the beard.

One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.

The (very small) distance between two things.

Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds.

A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot.

One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.

A small tendril that forms on metal.

Another word for cigarette, or to smoke a cigarette Urban Dictionary

The greateset drink, whiskey. Urban Dictionary

The kitten who can name fruit. This cute little feline can be seen on Cartoon Network's "Fridays", every Friday at 7:00 EST. Urban Dictionary

Irish slang for Male music eccentrics with a strong political background of whom attempt beard growth to enhance their attraction to other men Urban Dictionary

The faded horizontal line marks below front jeans' pockets. Urban Dictionary

V. The act of licking your foot whilst scratching your head and letting off awful gas as your cat bites your ass. Urban Dictionary

A very curious kitty kat who goes by the name of krista Urban Dictionary

Incredibly slow Lunch Lady who does frequent cavity searches for food and who has a bigger beard than an omish priest. (often dislikes cullinan) Urban Dictionary

This is a boxing term for someone who is hard to knock out, the opposite of glass jaw. Urban Dictionary

The act of coitus with a young hottie is sometimes referred to this way. Urban Dictionary

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The word "whisker" in example sentences

It rose slightly early in the month, then posted a severe dip (a result of one of those outlier polls) mid-month, down to a new all-time daily low of 44.2 percent (down a whisker from the 44.3 percent he posted two months ago). ❋ Chris Weigant (2010)

Each AMouse whisker is plugged directly into a capacitor microphone at the front of the robot. ❋ Unknown (2006)

All of this is a fairly roundabout way of saying that the cis woman feminist in question, by virtue of her outburst, seemed to position herself a mere cat’s whisker from the more obnoxious radfems that it has been my misfortune to meet online. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The ruling party lost the election by a whisker, which is the most convincing demonstration that it was clean. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tom had now taken off his beard and wig, and had put on the small whisker, which is the general fashion of wearing the hair throughout ❋ Unknown (1867)

Actually, the usual word whisker attributed to Canadians is: ❋ Toronto (2010)

We missed ‘The Wrestler’ and ‘Frost/Nixon’ by a whisker, which is a shame as I’m pretty sure they would have made the otherwise dreary year worthwhile. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He dared not show so much as his "whisker" above the parapet, and as the parapet was only high enough to conceal him as he lay full length on his face, the return journey was both painful and tedious. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)

Resolution within a 'whisker' of having needed votes in House. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Tories win by a "whisker". no sign of power coming downwards. so that leaves what is of interest. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A single large "whisker" is mounted on the front to detect collisions. ❋ Brian Jepson (2009)

Culver himself, with his borrowed coat so tight under the arms that he could not keep his elbows down, and his waistcoat pinned back so far that the empty button-hole in his front quite put the studded ones to shame, might have passed in a crowd; but Gosse, with his hair parted in the middle and his "whisker" elaborately curled; Pauncefote, with his light blue silk handkerchief protruding half out of his waistcoat pocket; and Smith, with the cuffs that hid the tips of his fingers, were beyond gravity, and a suppressed titter followed the grandees up the hall and on to the platform. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)

"whisker" on both ends of franks, lay frank on cutting board and make 4-lengthwise cuts 1-1/2-inches from each end. ❋ Mitzi Perdue (N/A)

This process is further regulated by sensory activity, because under conditions of deprivation such as whisker trimming [spine turnover increases, new spines form synapses and become stabilized, and others are eliminated. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I even adopted his walrus mustache early in my writing life and still display this once brown, now gray-white, [now white and unruly] old European whisker banner, proudly for over 40 years – razor free. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"hey im going [to go] get a whisker" "[im gonna] go whisker [right now]" ❋ Whisker King (2009)

[man], some whisker would [really] [hit the spot] ❋ Jason (2005)

"[Avacodo]" - one of [the fruits] [named] by Whiskers ❋ DanMat6288 (2004)

[David] [Collins] is [DJ] Whiskers ❋ Iam Sam (2009)

whiskers can look cool on some but [gay on] others [e.g]. [David Schwimmer]. ❋ Hytham_hammer (2005)

[I'm sorry] I couldn't [pick up the phone] [I've been] whiskering all day. ❋ Lade (2004)

[Krista]: my friends call me whiskers cause im [oh so] [curious] ❋ Christabelle (2007)

"Damn whiskers [went] a little [too deep] [that time]...." ❋ Not Bobby Cemprola (2003)

[Ray] [Mercer] had good whiskers and a good chin, so no [KO] was likely. ❋ I, Wreckerrr (2016)

"That [Cindy] finally let me [give her] a jab in the whiskers. It was [heavenly]." ❋ Running Out Of Patience (2008)

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