meaning of whisker
1. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
2. Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural.
3. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, or upon the chin, or upon both; as, side whiskers; chin whiskers.
4. A hair of the beard.
5. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
6. Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.
7. a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e. g. a cat
Related Words
whisker | whisker jack | whiskered | whiskerless | whiskers | whiskery |
