whisker

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  1. noun The hair on a man's cheeks and chin.
  2. noun A single hair of a beard or mustache.
  3. noun One of the long stiff tactile bristles or hairs that grow near the mouth and elsewhere on the head of most mammals; a vibrissa.
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  • We have found the world's most placid cat, who calmly withstands a whisker-pulling, tail-eating, ear-yanking, tummy-banging attack from this mischievous - but very cute - baby. —  Web User: Seen This
  • My little cat prefers my old green stoneware saucer to her food bowl (I think it is a whisker-interference issue) but mostly they stick with their little stainless kitty bowls. —  Apartment Therapy Main
  • The resilient batsman missed his well-deserving 3rd Test half-century by a whisker, knitted 49 runs off 250 balls before Tendulkar caught him plumb to take his second wicket for the day. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • The best of the bunch - by a whisker, really - is Ovechkin, who despite trailing Malkin for the most points in the League should take home his second-straight Hart Trophy when the hardware is handed out June 18 in Las Vegas —  NHL.com Feature Stories
  • A single large "whisker" is mounted on the front to detect collisions. —  Daily DIY
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

moustache ·  curl ·  wig ·  eyelash ·  mustaches ·  mane ·  ringlet ·  tuft ·  fur ·  chin ·  goatee ·  brow

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whisker:   whiskers
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English wisker, anything that wisks, from wisken, to whisk; see whisk.

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  1. Formerly also (Scots) whisquer, whiscar; from whisk + -er.
 

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/ˈhwɪskər/
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