Definition of Whisker

1. Verb. Furnish with whiskers. "A whiskered jersey"

Exact synonyms: Bewhisker
Generic synonyms: Furnish, Provide, Render, Supply

2. Noun. A very small distance or space. "They lost the election by a whisker"

3. Noun. A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat.
Exact synonyms: Sensory Hair, Vibrissa
Generic synonyms: Hair
Derivative terms: Whiskery

Definition of Whisker

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

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

Definition of Whisker

1. 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. ¹

2. Noun. A hair of the beard. ¹

3. Noun. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal. ¹

4. Noun. (colloquial) The (very small) distance between two things ¹

5. Noun. (nautical) spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds. ¹

6. Noun. (statistics) a graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot ¹

7. Noun. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Whisker

1. a hair on a man's face [n -S] : WHISKERY [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Whisker

whisht
whishted
whishting
whishtly
whishts
whisk
whisk away
whisk broom
whisk by
whisk fern
whisk ferns
whisk off
whiskbroom
whiskbrooms
whisked
whisker (current term)
whisker jack
whisker pole
whiskered
whiskeriness
whiskering
whiskerless
whiskerlike
whiskers
whiskery
whisket
whiskets
whiskey
whiskey-jack
whiskey-jacks

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