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whisker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hair, hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth |
| Type of | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity |
they lost the election by a whisker.
whisker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sensory hair, vibrissa |
| Type of | hair |
| Derivation | whiskery |
Examples of whisker
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Or was it when Kennedy finally won the US election, by a whisker, on 9 November?
From the guardian.co.uk
The follicle boundaries and the whisker are outlined by thin dashed black lines.
From the nature.com
Cat owners hoping to get around the law by a whisker appeared to be out of luck.
From the stltoday.com
A race that could be decided by a whisker should not be decided by his whiskers.
From the kansas.com
That gives you enough to bid a small slam but a whisker short of anything else.
From the stltoday.com
And young walruses memorise their mother's face by brushing whisker to whisker.
From the newscientist.com
Ford has taken a narrow lead in Louisiana, and is ahead by a whisker in Virginia.
From the time.com
The distance was the official minimum, a nose, but it was more like a whisker.
From the independent.co.uk
Skill player for skill player, the winner of this series will win it by a whisker.
From the post-gazette.com
- Bewhisker: furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey"
- Hair's-breadth: a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
- A long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
- (whiskered) bearded: having hair on the cheeks and chin
- (whiskers) beard: the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
- Vibrissae (singular: vibrissa), or whiskers, are specialized hairs (or, in certain bird species, specialized feathers) usually employed for tactile sensation. ...
- Metal whiskering is a crystalline metallurgical phenomenon involving the spontaneous growth of tiny, filiform hairs from a metallic surface. The effect is primarily seen on elemental metals but also occurs with alloys.
- (Whiskers (band)) Whiskers is an instrumental rock band based in Pleasant Hill, California. The band consists of original members Tyler King, Jennifer Pereda, and "Q," as well as three other members who have been in the band for varying amounts of time.
- 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; spreaders from ...
