whisker

n.

1. 1. whiskers The hair on a man's cheeks and chin.
   2. A single hair of a beard or mustache.
2. One of the long stiff tactile bristles or hairs that grow near the mouth and elsewhere on the head of most mammals; a vibrissa.
3. Informal. A narrow margin; a hairsbreadth: The candidate lost the election by a whisker.
4. Nautical. One of two spars or booms projecting from the side of a bowsprit for spreading the jib or flying-jib guys.
5. Chemistry. An extremely fine filamentary crystal with extraordinary shear strength and unusual electrical or surface properties.

[Middle English wisker, anything that wisks, from wisken, to whisk. See whisk.]

whiskered whisk'ered or whisk'er·y adj.

noun

A slight amount or indication: breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. See big/small/amount, show/hide.

1. the coarse, long, widely spaced sensory hairs located around the muzzle of most animal species. See also sinus hair.
2. superficial fungal growth found on chilled meat carcasses and caused by infection with Mucor and Thamnidium spp. fungi. Cause no significant damage to the meat but may cause a musty smell.

IN BRIEF: A single hair of a beard. Also: Any of the long, stiff hairs on the upper lip of a cat, rat, etc.

After the fight, a single whisker was left on the face of the cat.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - knurhår, skæghår

idioms:

• by a whisker of    med nød og næppe, kun lige
• within a whisker of    med en hårsbredde

Nederlands (Dutch)
snorhaar (van kat)

Français (French)
n. - poil de moustache, (lit) moustache (animal), (fig) d'un poil, de justesse, moustache (npl), favoris (npl), barbe (npl)

idioms:

• by a whisker    (gagner/perdre) d'un poil/de justesse
• within a whisker of    (être) à deux doigts de la victoire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Backenbart, Schnurrhaar

idioms:

• by a whisker    ganz knapp/ganz kurz davor
• within a whisker of    kurz davor

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φαβορίτα, μουστάκι ρύγχους ζώου, τρίχα από γένια

idioms:

• by a whisker of    ένα ελάχιστο, παρά τρίχα
• within a whisker of    ένα ελάχιστο, παρά τρίχα

Italiano (Italian)
baffo

idioms:

• by a whisker of    per un pelo
• within a whisker of    a un pelo da

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fio de cabelo ou de pelo de animal (m), espanador (m)

idioms:

• by a whisker of    por pouco
• within a whisker of    muito pouco tempo

Русский (Russian)
волос бороды, борода, бакенбарды, усы, контактная пружина, нежелательные шумы, нитевидный кристалл

idioms:

• by a whisker of    едва-едва, с трудом (сумел что-л. сделать)
• within a whisker of    на грани, почти, едва не

Español (Spanish)
n. - pelo de la barba, (pl.) patillas, bigotes (del gato, etc.)

idioms:

• by a whisker    por un pelo
• within a whisker of    a un pelo de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - morrhår, polisong

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
腮须, 扫拂者, 胡须

idioms:

• by a whisker of    险些儿, 差点
• within a whisker of    险些儿, 差点

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 腮鬚, 掃拂者, 鬍鬚

idioms:

• by a whisker of    險些兒, 差點
• within a whisker of    險些兒, 差點

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 구렛나루, 콧수염, (금속 등의) 단결정

idioms:

• by a whisker of    근소한 차로

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ほおひげ, ひげ

idioms:

• by a whisker of    間一髪のところで
• within a whisker of    短距離内に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شعرة من شعرات الحيه, شاربا الهرة وأمثالها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיער על פני גבר, בעיקר על הלחיים, ברבים: שפם-לחיים (נהוג בבריטניה), גביש מתכת חזק בצורת שערה, מרחק קטן, זיף השפם של חתול‬

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