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whisker
noun
whis·ker ˈ(h)wi-skər 
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
2
: one of the long projecting hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal (such as a cat or bird)
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
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
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