Whiskery
noun
1.
whiskers, a beard.
2.
Usually, whiskers. side whiskers.
3.
a single hair of the beard.
4.
Archaic. a mustache.
5.
one of the long, stiff, bristly hairs growing about the mouth of certain animals, as the cat or rat; vibrissa.
6.
Also called whisker boom, whisker pole. Nautical. any spar for extending the clew or clews of a sail so that it can catch more wind.
7.
Radio, Electronics. cat whisker.
8.
Crystallography. a thin filament of a crystal, usually several millimeters long and one to two microns in diameter, having unusually great strength.
Idioms
9.
by a whisker, by the narrowest margin:
She won the race by a whisker.
adjective -skerier, -skeriest
1.
having whiskers
2.
old; unkempt
noun
1.
any of the stiff sensory hairs growing on the face of a cat, rat, or other mammal Technical name vibrissa
2.
any of the hairs growing on a person’s face, esp on the cheeks or chin
3.
(pl) a beard or that part of it growing on the sides of the face
4.
(pl) (informal) a moustache
5.
Also called whisker boom, whisker pole. any light spar used for extending the clews of a sail, esp in light airs
6.
(chem) a very fine filamentary crystal having greater strength than the bulk material since it is a single crystal. Such crystals often show unusual electrical properties
7.
a person or thing that whisks
8.
a narrow margin; a small distance: he escaped death by a whisker
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