Whisker has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
a very small distance or space
"they escaped by a hair's-breadth"
"they lost the election by a whisker"
2
a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
3
That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
Verb
1
furnish with whiskers
"a whiskered jersey"
Example Sentences
"they escaped by a hair's-breadth"
noun
"they lost the election by a whisker"
noun
"a whiskered jersey"
verb
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