whisker meaning

whisker as a noun

1. a very small distance or space
   • they escaped by a hair's-breadth
   • they lost the election by a whisker

   Synonyms: hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair

   Type of: small indefinite quantity

2. a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat

   Synonyms: vibrissa, sensory hair

   Type of: hair

   Related forms: whiskery

whisker as a verb

1. furnish with whiskers
   • a whiskered jersey

   Synonyms: bewhisker

   Type of: supply

whisker in a sentence

• The cow missed being hit by a gnat's whisker.

How to pronounce whisker

whisker is pronounced /ˈwɪskə/ in British English and /ˈwɪskɚ/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.