WHISKER
Dictionary entry overview: What does whisker mean?
• WHISKER (noun)
The noun WHISKER has 2 senses:
1. a very small distance or space
2. a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
Familiarity information: WHISKER used as a noun is rare.
• WHISKER (verb)
The verb WHISKER has 1 sense:
1. furnish with whiskers
Familiarity information: WHISKER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WHISKER (noun)
Meaning:
A very small distance or space
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
hair's-breadth; hairsbreadth; whisker; hair
Context examples:
they escaped by a hair's-breadth / they lost the election by a whisker
Hypernyms ("whisker" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Meaning:
A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
sensory hair; vibrissa; whisker
Hypernyms ("whisker" is a kind of...):
hair (a filamentous projection or process on an organism)
• WHISKER (verb)
Meaning:
Furnish with whiskers
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
bewhisker; whisker
Context example:
a whiskered jersey
Hypernyms (to "whisker" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
