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bewhisker

bewhisker verb: to give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.

Verb

bewhisker (third-person singular simple present bewhiskers, present participle bewhiskering, simple past and past participle bewhiskered)

  1. (transitive) To give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
    • Cinema magnates preferred to bewhisker the handsome profile and contort the slender Barrymore frame to suit weird, melodramatic parts then in vogue.1937, The Literary Digest, volume 124, page 16
    • But whenever a Kuna artist shows a face in front view there seems to be an overpowering urge to bewhisker it.2009, Desmond Morris, Owl, page 102

Forms of bewhisker

third-person singular presentbewhiskers
present participlebewhiskering
past participlebewhiskered
pastbewhiskered

Origin of bewhisker

From be- (“at, on, upon”) + whisker.

Words formed from bewhisker

Questions about bewhisker

What does bewhisker mean?
Bewhisker means to give or add whiskers to; to put whiskers on.
What part of speech is bewhisker?
Bewhisker is a verb.
What is the past tense of bewhisker?
The past tense of bewhisker is bewhiskered.

Words near bewhisker in the dictionary

  1. bewhape
  2. bewhine
  3. bewhined
  4. bewhines
  5. bewhining
  6. bewhisker
  7. bewhiskered
  8. bewhiskering
  9. bewhiskers
  10. bewhisper
  11. bewhispered

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