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Whisker

//ʍɪskə(ɹ)// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
  2. 2
    a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat wordnet
  3. 3
    A hair of the beard.
  4. 4
    a very small distance or space wordnet
  5. 5
    One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
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  1. 6
    The (very small) distance between two things. colloquial

    "It missed falling on your foot by a whisker."

  2. 7
    Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds.
  3. 8
    A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot.
  4. 9
    One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
  5. 10
    A small tendril that forms on metal.
Verb
  1. 1
    furnish with whiskers wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English wisker, whisk (verb) + -er.

Etymology 2

Variant of Wishart.

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