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You know it's hard to hear what a bearded man is saying. He can't speak above a whisker.
Herman J. Mankiewicz

Meaning of "whisker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHISKER

whisker  [ˈwɪskə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHISKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whisker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHISKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

whisker

Whiskers

Whiskers or vibrissae are a type of mammalian hair that are typically characterised, anatomically, by their large size, large and well-innervated hair follicle and by having an identifiable representation in the somatosensory cortex of the brain. They are specialised for tactile sensing. Vibrissae grow in various places on most mammals, including all primates except humans. In medicine, the term vibrissae also refers to the thick hairs found inside human nostrils.

Definition of whisker in the English dictionary

The first definition of whisker in the dictionary is any of the stiff sensory hairs growing on the face of a cat, rat, or other mammal Technical name: vibrissa. Other definition of whisker is any of the hairs growing on a person's face, esp on the cheeks or chin. Whisker is also a beard or that part of it growing on the sides of the face.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHISKER


Alaska
əˈlæskə
asker
ˈɑːskə
Athabasca
ˌæθəˈbæskə
ayahuasca
ˌaɪəˈwɑːskə
busker
ˈbʌskə
esker
ˈɛskə
frisker
ˈfrɪskə
husker
ˈhʌskə
lascar
ˈlæskə
Madagascar
ˌmædəˈɡæskə
masker
ˈmɑːskə
masquer
ˈmɑːskə
Musca
ˈmʌskə
Nebraska
nɪˈbræskə
Osca
ˈɒskə
oscar
ˈɒskə
risker
ˈrɪskə
tasker
ˈtɑːskə
Wesker
ˈwɛskə
Ziska
ˈzɪskə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHISKER

whish
whisht
whisk
whisker boom
whisker pole
whiskerando
whiskered
whiskerier
whiskeriest
whiskers
whiskery
whiskey
whiskey sour
whiskeyfied
whiskies
whiskified
whisky
whisky mac
whisky-jack
whisper

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHISKER

baker
bosker
broker
cat´s whisker
cornhusker
fusker
hacker
hooker
Lasker
locker
maker
marker
Parker
poker
speaker
sticker
tracker
unmasker
walker
worker

Synonyms and antonyms of whisker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whisker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHISKER

Find out the translation of whisker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whisker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whisker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 须
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bigote
570 millions of speakers

English

whisker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गलमुच्छा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطولي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ус
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bigode
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জুলপি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moustache
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kumis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schnurrhaar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ひげ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 수염
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Whisker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

râu ria
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மயிரிழையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कल्ले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kedi bıyığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

baffi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Wąs
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вус
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mustăți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γενειά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

whisker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

whisker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whisker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHISKER»

The term «whisker» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.891 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHISKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «whisker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «whisker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whisker

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2 QUOTES WITH «WHISKER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word whisker.
1
Lincoln Chafee
In the executive branch, winning by a whisker is as good as winning in a landslide, but not so in the Senate.
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Herman J. Mankiewicz
You know it's hard to hear what a bearded man is saying. He can't speak above a whisker.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHISKER»

Discover the use of whisker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whisker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fiber and Whisker Reinforced Ceramics for Structural ...
The work shows how to improve the strength and stiffness of ceramic composites, at very high temperatures, without brittleness.
David Belitskus, 1993
2
Whisker of Evil
With rabies on the rise and a new post office threatening her position, Harry Haristeen and her trio of feline detective friends find themselves in even more trouble when they start snooping around an irresistible mystery. Reprint.
Rita Mae Brown, 2005
3
A Biorobotic Study of the Rat Whisker System
The rat whisker (vibrissal) system provides rats with an exquisitely acute tactile sense that has helped allow them to thrive all over the world.
Joseph Hai Solomon, 2008
4
Resonance and Texture Coding in the Rat Whisker System
Chapter 4 concludes by presenting preliminary results of the neural response to stick-slip events.
Jason Hunter Wolfe, 2007
5
Material Factors Influencing Metallic Whisker Growth
Whiskering refers to the formation of slender, long, metallic filaments, much thinner than a human hair, that grow on a metallic thin film surface.
Chad L. Rodekohr, 2008
6
Jet's Day: A Whisker Team Story
She is inspired by her father, Charles Lang, who always gave her the encouragement and support to write. Ms. Lang's next book will be another installment in the Whisker Team Story series. Publisher's website: http: //sbpra.com/ValerieELan
Valerie E. Lang, 2011
7
The Right to Hunt
This unique book is not the ordinary hunting guide telling you where to find the game animals, it's a guide to the ideas, the history and the politics of hunting that shape today's hunting philosophy.
James B. Whisker, 1998
8
Lattice: Multivariate Data Visualization with R
A matrix of pairwise quantile plots can in principle compare multiple samples, but takes up too much space and can be hard to interpret. A well-known graphical method for comparing multiple samples is the box-and-whisker plot (Tukey, 1977 ).
Deepayan Sarkar, 2008
9
The Whisker Cats: Life on the Farm
This story is about Mr. and Mrs. Whisker and their three kittens that live on a farm.
Neeta Lal, 2012
10
The tiger's whisker: and other tales and legends from Asia ...
Folktales and legends from Korea, Burma, China, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), India, Kashmir, Japan, Arabia, Persia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaya, Polynesia, and Yap.
Harold Courlander, 1959

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHISKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whisker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lion comes within whisker of being trampled by elephant as he …
This lion was almost made to look like a dumbo as he came within a whisker of being trampled by an elephant. Dozily drinking from a watering hole, the big cat ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Deputy head misses jail time by a whisker
JWANENG: The deputy head of Dinonyane Primary School, Phillip Kgosiesele, missed jail time by a whisker after pleading to a charge of drunken driving and ... «Mmegi Online, Jun 15»
3
Virudhunagar loses top slot by a whisker
It rained State ranks for Virudhunagar district in SSLC examination, results of which were declared on Thursday. Seven children scored 498 out of 500, followed ... «The Hindu, May 15»
4
Wellington cat lover leaves $400K to the SPCA
One tabby was named Owen Whisker after the Public Trust staff member who had managed her estate for a decade, whose real name was Owen Whisker. «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
5
Cats chat with us using tails, whiskers and winks
Even ear and whisker movements signify something worth listening to. If a cat's ears are flat, don't get close because it's scared or facing a fight, Weitzman said. «CBS News, Apr 15»
6
Kiwi chick survives digger encounter by a whisker
The bird, called Whisker, was around two days away from hatching on his own when a digger driver at the isolated Paparangi Station in the East Cape came ... «3News NZ, Feb 15»
7
Scientists view effect of whisker tickling on mouse brains
There, thousands of nerve cells carry information from every part of the body, and each whisker has a whole group of dedicated nerve cells called barrel fields. «Medical Xpress, Feb 15»
8
This Whisker Dam stops your hipster moustache falling into your …
The Whisker Dam comes with this gold-plated promise: ' When it comes to moustache guards you will not find a more premium product.' Who knew moustache ... «Metro, Dec 14»
9
Missed by a whisker! Mark Cavendish avoids crash with a cat during …
British cyclist Mark Cavendish narrowly avoided a collision with a cat on the first day of the iconic Ghent Six-Day track event. A stray cat wondered onto the ... «Daily Mail, Nov 14»
10
New app lets parents know whether the kids are all right
When Matthew Whisker picks his children up from their north shore childcare centre he doesn't automatically have to ask how their day went – he already knows. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 14»

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