Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь - whisker
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1. волос бороды 2. pl. борода 3. pl. бакенбарды, баки 4. pl. усы, усики (у животных) 5. pl. уст. усы 6. pl. ам. сл. "борода" (о старике, независимо от наличия бороды) 7. pl. ам. сл. накладные ресницы 8. pl. ам. сл. стаж (рабочий, профсоюзный) 9. pl. мор. усы (бушприта) 10. тех. контактная пружина, усик 11. pl. сл. нежелательные шумы, жужжание (при звукозаписи и т. п.) 12. спец. "ус", нитевидный кристалл ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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n. 1 (usu. in pl.) the hair growing on a man's face, esp. on the cheek. 2 each of the bristles on the face of a cat etc. 3 colloq. a small distance (within a whisker of; won by a whisker). 4 a strong hairlike crystal of metal etc. Phrases and idioms have (or have grown) whiskers colloq. (esp. of a story etc.) be very old. Derivatives whiskered adj. whiskery adj. Etymology: WHISK + -ER(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: singular of ~s mustache, from 2whisk Date: circa 1600 1. a. a hair of the beard b. plural (1) archaic mustache (2) the part of the beard growing on the sides of the face or on the chin c. hairbreadth lost the race by a ~ 2. one of the long projecting hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal (as a cat or bird) 3. an outrigger extending on each side of the bowsprit to spread the jib and flying jib guys — usually used in plural 4. a. a shred or filament resembling a ~ b. a thin hairlike crystal (as of sapphire or copper) of exceptional mechanical strength used especially to reinforce composite structural material • ~ed adjective • ~y adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(whiskers) 1. The whiskers of an animal such as a cat or a mouse are the long stiff hairs that grow near its mouth. N-COUNT: usu pl 2. You can refer to the hair on a man’s face, especially on the sides of his face, as his whiskers. ...wild, savage-looking fellows, with large whiskers, unshaven beards, and dirty faces. N-PLURAL 3. You can use whisker in expressions such as by a whisker or within a whisker of to indicate that something happened or is true, but only by a very small amount or degree. A new pet census showed that cats now outnumber dogs by a whisker (7 million to 6.9 million)... She came within a whisker of taking a gold medal... Unemployment is now a whisker away from three million. N-SING ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 one of the long, stiff hairs that grow near the mouth of a cat, mouse etc 2 whiskers the hair that grows on a man's face 3 do sth by a whisker/come within a whisker informal to only just fail or just manage to do something (We came within a whisker of defeat (=were almost defeated)) - whiskery adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- "hair of a man's face" (usually plural), 1600, originally a playful formation, from M.E. wisker "anything that whisks or sweeps" (see whisk). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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