whisker English

Meaning whisker meaning

What does whisker mean?

Definitions in simple English

whisker Noun

— A whisker is a long hair that grows on either side of the mouth of a cat or other animal. The whisker of the cat was long and white.

— A whisker is any hair of a beard.

— A whisker is a small distance between two things. That punch missed hitting him by a whisker!

whisker

— noun a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat

— verb furnish with whiskers a whiskered jersey

— noun (= hair''s-breadth) a very small distance or space they escaped by a hair's-breadth they lost the election by a whisker

Synonyms whisker synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as whisker?

whisker English » English

moustache

vibrissa

beard

hair

sensory hair

hair’s-breadth

hairsbreadth

bewhisker

whiskers

tache

stache

sideburns

mustaches

mustache

moustaches

fin

fibrous crystal

awn

Topics whisker topics

What do people use whisker to talk about?

Universe, creation Animal

Parts of an animal

• What are the parts of the skin and hair?
  fur wool fleece forelock mane hide skin meat pelt whisker sheepskin goatskin leather

States Time Relative time Right time

On time

• What words indicate that something happens before it is too late?
  in time just in time in the nick of time not a moment too soon at the last minute at the eleventh hour catch cut it fine cut it too close made it in by a whisker just under the wire