whisker

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• IPA ^(key): /ʍɪskə(r)/ or /wɪskə(r)/

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Noun

Singular whisker

Plural whiskers

1. (countable) 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.

2. (countable) A whisker is any hair of a beard.
3. (informal) A whisker is a small distance between two things.

   That punch missed hitting him by a whisker!

Related words

• cat's whisker