- a beard.
- side whiskers.
- a single hair of the beard.
- a mustache.
- one of the long, stiff, bristly hairs growing about the mouth of certain animals, as the cat or rat; vibrissa.
- any spar for extending the clew or clews of a sail so that it can catch more wind.
- cat whisker.
- a thin filament of a crystal, usually several millimeters long and one to two microns in diameter, having unusually great strength.
- by the narrowest margin: She won the race by a whisker.
- any of the stiff sensory hairs growing on the face of a cat, rat, or other mammal
- any of the hairs growing on a person's face, esp on the cheeks or chin
- a beard or that part of it growing on the sides of the face
- a moustache
- any light spar used for extending the clews of a sail, esp in light airs
- a very fine filamentary crystal having greater strength than the bulk material since it is a single crystal. Such crystals often show unusual electrical properties
- a person or thing that whisks
- a narrow margin; a small distance
