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BNC: 11959 COCA: 13794

whisker

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
whisker /ˈwɪskɚ/ noun
plural whiskers
whisker
/ˈwɪskɚ/
noun
plural whiskers
Learner's definition of WHISKER
1 
[count] : a hair that grows on a man's face髯；络腮胡子；连鬓胡子 — usually plural通常用复数
2 
[count] : any one of the long, stiff hairs that grow near the mouth of some animals（某些动物嘴边的）须 — usually plural通常用复数
3 
[singular] informal : a very small distance or amount微弱之差

the cat's whiskers

— see cat

— whiskered

/ˈwɪskɚd/ adjective
BNC: 11959 COCA: 13794

whisker

noun

whis·​ker ˈ(h)wi-skər How to pronounce whisker (audio)
1
a
: a hair of the beard
b whiskers plural
(1)
archaic : mustache
(2)
: the part of the beard growing on the sides of the face or on the chin
c
: hairbreadth
lost the race by a whisker
2
: one of the long projecting hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal (such as a cat or bird)
3
: an outrigger extending on each side of the bowsprit to spread the jib and flying jib guys
—usually used in plural
4
a
: a shred or filament resembling a whisker
b
: 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 How to pronounce whisker (audio)
adjective
whiskery
ˈ(h)wi-sk(ə-)rē How to pronounce whisker (audio)
adjective

Example Sentences

He won the race by a whisker.
Recent Examples on the Web Unemployment is down to 3.9 percent, just a whisker higher than the 3.5 percent before the pandemic. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2022 Trevor Bassitt, Benjamin’s unheralded teammate, flew down the home straight on the outside to nab third place by a whisker. Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 19 July 2022 Royce Newman off balance with a power rush and came within a whisker of hitting Love’s right arm on a pass play that was nullified by a penalty. Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2022 Robin Vos, the speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly, came within a whisker of losing on Tuesday to a candidate with little name recognition, all thanks to a Trump endorsement. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 Even the old-fashioned The Lost City is a whisker away from $100 million in domestic box office, and that’s not supposed to happen anymore, at least for a comedic romp that is neither a franchise nor a superhero movie. Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2022 Both at some point come within a whisker of catastrophe. John Domini, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022 Now, Evers did win the Wisconsin governorship in 2018 by a whisker because a statewide race is comparatively immune to gerrymandering. Ryan Cooper, The Week, 11 Jan. 2022 Playing under 2020's ground rules, Trump came within a whisker's hair of winning an Electoral College victory again — and probably would have if the COVID-19 pandemic had not dramatically altered the course of the campaign. Joel Mathis, The Week, 7 June 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

singular of whiskers mustache, from whisk entry 2

First Known Use

circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of whisker was circa 1600

Phrases Containing whisker
BNC: 11959 COCA: 13794

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