whisker

whisker
noun
1) in pl. (hair on man's cheek) Backenbart, der
2) (Zool.) (of cat, mouse, rat) Schnurrhaar, das; (of walrus) Bartborste, die
3) (fig. coll.): (small distance)

be within a whisker of something/doing something — kurz vor etwas (Dat.) stehen/kurz davor stehen, etwas zu tun

win by a whisker — ganz knapp gewinnen

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['wiskə]
noun
1) (in plural a man's moustache, beard and/or sideburns.) der Backenbart
2) ((usually in plural) one of the long hairs between the nose and the mouth of a cat etc.) das Schnurrbarthaar
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- academic.ru/82061/whiskered">whiskered
- whiskery
- miss by a whisker
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whisk·er
[ˈ(h)wɪskəʳ, AM -kɚ]
n
1. usu pl (of animal) Schnurrhaar[e] nt[pl]
2.
▪ \whiskers pl (of man: beard) Bartstoppeln pl; (hair on cheek) Backenbart m; (single hair of beard) Barthaar nt; (moustache) Schnurrbart m, Schnauz m SCHWEIZ; (big moustache) Schnauzbart m, Schnauzer m fam
you've grown some \whiskers! du hast ja [jetzt] einen Bart!
3.
▶ by a \whisker um Haaresbreite, haarscharf
▶ to have \whiskers einen Bart haben fam
▶ within a \whisker [of sth] in unmittelbarer Nähe [einer S. gen]
I came within a \whisker of being run over today ich wäre heute beinahe überfahren worden
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['wɪskə(r)]
n
Schnurrhaar nt; (of person) Barthaar nt

to win sth by a whisker — etw fast gewinnen

to miss sth by a whisker — etw um Haaresbreite verpassen

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whisker s
1. pl Backenbart m
2. a) Barthaar n:
beat sb by a whisker besonders SPORT umg jemanden ganz knapp schlagen;
our team was only a whisker away from victory SPORT umg unsere Mannschaft stand ganz knapp vor dem Sieg
b) pl umg Schnurrbart m
3. ZOOL Schnurrhaar n (von Katzen etc)
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noun
1) in pl. (hair on man's cheek) Backenbart, der
2) (Zool.) (of cat, mouse, rat) Schnurrhaar, das; (of walrus) Bartborste, die
3) (fig. coll.): (small distance)

be within a whisker of something/doing something — kurz vor etwas (Dat.) stehen/kurz davor stehen, etwas zu tun

win by a whisker — ganz knapp gewinnen

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n.
Barthaar -e n.

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