Whisker
WordNet
noun
(1) A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
(2) A very small distance or space
"They escaped by a hair's-breadth"
"They lost the election by a whisker"
verb
(3) Furnish with whiskers
"A whiskered jersey"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both
- A hair of the beard.
- One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
- The (very small) distance between two things
- It missed falling on your foot by a whisker.
- spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds.