1. (

• hair's-breadth ,
• hairsbreadth ,
• hair ,
• whisker

) a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker" ;

2. (

• whisker ,
• vibrissa ,
• sensory_hair

) a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat ;

1. (

• bewhisker ,
• whisker

) furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey" ;