whisker
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
whiskers
plural
whiskers
Britannica Dictionary definition of WHISKER
1
[count]
:
a hair that grows on a man's face
— usually plural
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He's decided to shave off his whiskers.
2
[count]
:
any one of the long, stiff hairs that grow near the mouth of some animals
— usually plural
3
[singular]
informal
:
a very small distance or amount
-
He won/lost the race by a whisker.
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She came within a whisker of getting fired. [=she came very close to getting fired]
the cat's whiskers
-
a whiskered animal/chin
