Whisker
['wɪskə] or ['wɪskɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat.
Typist: Lottie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
(n.) Formerly, the hair of the upper lip; a mustache; -- usually in the plural.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A hair of the beard.
(n.) One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
(n.) Iron rods extending on either side of the bowsprit, to spread, or guy out, the stays, etc.
Edited by Leah
Examples
- Red Whisker made his salad (I wondered how they could eat it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- One curl of a girl's ringlet, one hair of a whisker, will turn the scale against them all in a minute. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- THERE'S a whisker! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Now, Lammle,' said Fascination Fledgeby, calmly feeling for his whisker, 'it won't do. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Red Whisker pretended he could make a salad (which I don't believe), and obtruded himself on public notice. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And I ain't a master-mind, Joe resumed, when he had unfixed his look, and got back to his whisker. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The present Barnacle, holding Mr Clennam's card in his hand, had a youthful aspect, and the fluffiest little whisker, perhaps, that ever was seen. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He had neither whisker nor moustache, which allowed the soft curves of the lower part of his face to be apparent. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But it looked at me over the head of Red Whisker, and I was adamant. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She received my attentions with favour; but whether on my account solely, or because she had any designs on Red Whisker, I can't say. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This was addressed to a very smart young gentleman who wore his hat on his right whisker, and was lounging over the desk, killing flies with a ruler. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I got at him,' pursued Fledgeby, feeling for his whisker, 'by degrees. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Let's get the scaffolding up, then, for a pair of whiskers. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A tall man--a confoundedly tall man--with black whiskers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He beamed on her from the drawing-room door--magnificent, with ambrosial whiskers, like a god. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was a fat old gentleman with a false complexion, false teeth, false whiskers, and a wig. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I will, though I have no whiskers,' here he rubbed the places where they were due, 'and no manners, and no conversation! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Espouse the red whiskers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It's the fashionable way; and fashion and whiskers have been my weaknesses, and I don't care who knows it, says Mr. Jobling. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He has the faded appearance of a gentleman in embarrassed circumstances; even his light whiskers droop with something of a shabby air. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His whiskers had made an impression upon her, on the very first night she beheld them at the ball at Messrs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My name is Smangle, sir,' said the man with the whiskers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Off with him to Siberia, red whiskers and all; I say, I don't like him, Polly, and I wonder that you should. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A red-faced man with large whiskers, and most impudent in his manner. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- His hair and whiskers were blacker and thicker, looked at so near, than even I had given them credit for being. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He has thick curling brown hair and black eyebrows now, and his whiskers are of the deepest purple. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She loathed the man with whiskers round his face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Vlad