whisker
/ʍɪskə(ɹ)/
whisker 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.
Noun
whisker (plural whiskers)
- That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
- A hair of the beard.
- One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
- The (very small) distance between two things.
- It missed falling on your foot by a whisker.
- Boosted by their reward, Wolves continued to push forward and Jamie O'Hara came within a whisker of doubling the lead, smashing a 25-yard effort on to the bar.2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport
- Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds.
- A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot.
- One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
- A small tendril that forms on metal.
Proper noun capitalized: Whisker
Whisker (plural Whiskers)
- A surname.
whisker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
whisker in Hindi
- long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat
- गलमुच्छा galmucchā, मूंछ mūñch
whisker in Tamil
- நுண் தொடர்பி, பூனை மீசை மயிர், தொடர்பி மயிரிழை, நுண்தொடர்பி, உணர் மயிரிழை, மீசை
whisker in Urdu
- whisker
- مونچھ mū̃ch
whisker in Malayalam
- കൃതാവ്
More languagesFewer languages
- whisker in Kannada
- ಗಡ್ಡ, ಮೀಸೆ, ಕೆನ್ನೆಗೂದಲು, ಕಲ್ಲಿಮೀಸೆ
- whisker in Punjabi
- مچھ mucch
- whisker in Gujarati
- મૂછ mūch
- whisker in Sanskrit
- गुम्फ gumpha
- whisker in Arabic
- شَارِب šārib, كُلْبَة kulba
- whisker in Thai
- หนวด nùuat
- whisker in Vietnamese
- lông xúc giác, râu, ria
Examples of whisker in a sentence
- I'm lucky to be alive. The bus missed me by a whisker.
- Whiskers sprouted from the old man's chin.
- The whisker biscuit is the most typical rest, but it can slightly reduce the arrow's speed.
Forms of whisker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | whiskers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Whiskers |
Origin of whisker
Inherited from Middle English wisker, whisk (verb) + -er.
Variant of Wishart.
Words formed from whisker
Phrases with whisker
Questions about whisker
- What does whisker mean?
- Whisker means that part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
- What is whisker in Hindi?
- Whisker in Hindi is गलमुच्छा (galmucchā), मूंछ (mūñch). See Whisker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is whisker?
- Whisker can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce whisker?
- Whisker is pronounced /ʍɪskə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of whisker?
- The plural of whisker is whiskers.
Words near whisker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: whisker (page history and authors); Whisker (page history and authors); whisker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مونچھ (Urdu) (page history and authors); whisker (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); whisker (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مچھ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); મૂછ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); गुम्फ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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