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1[countable] any of the long stiff hairs that grow near the mouth of a cat, mouse, etc.
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- 2whiskers [plural] (old-fashioned or humorous) the hair growing on a man's face, especially on his cheeks and chin Idioms
to almost do something They came within a whisker of being killed.
by a very small amount
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