Whisker - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈwɪskər|
Brit.
|ˈwɪskə|
noun
- a very small distance or space (syn: hair)
they lost the election by a whisker
- a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a catverb
- furnish with whiskers
a whiskered jersey
Extra examples
He won the race by a whisker.
Schmidt finished second, losing by a whisker in the final event.
The roof tile missed me by a whisker.
They came within a whisker of being killed.
The Communist candidate lost by a whisker (=a very small amount).
Doctors say he came within a whisker of dying on the operating table.
Word forms
noun
singular: whisker
plural: whiskers
singular: whisker
plural: whiskers
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