whisker (noun)
1: a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker" [syn: hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair]
2: a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat [syn: vibrissa, sensory hair] v : furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey" [syn: bewhisker]