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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: whiskery /ˈwɪskərɪ/ adj ( -skerier, -skeriest)- having whiskers
- old; unkempt
whisk•er /ˈhwɪskɚ, ˈwɪs-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Usually, -kers. [plural] the hair growing on a man's cheeks and chin.
- a single hair of the beard.
- Mammalsone of the long bristlelike hairs growing near the mouth of an animal, as a cat.
Idioms- Idioms by a whisker, by the closest, smallest, or narrowest amount or margin:lost the tournament by a whisker.
whisk•ered, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024whisk•er (hwis′kər, wis′-),USA pronunciation n. - whiskers, a beard.
- Usually, whiskers. See side whiskers.
- a single hair of the beard.
- [Archaic.]a mustache.
- one of the long, stiff, bristly hairs growing about the mouth of certain animals, as the cat or rat;
vibrissa. - Nautical, Naval TermsAlso called whisk′er boom′, whisk′er pole′. any spar for extending the clew or clews of a sail so that it can catch more wind.
- Electronics, Radio and Television[Radio, Electronics.]See cat whisker.
- Crystallographya thin filament of a crystal, usually several millimeters long and one to two microns in diameter, having unusually great strength.
- by a whisker, by the narrowest margin:She won the race by a whisker.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English; see whisk, -er1
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