"whisker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʍɪskə(ɹ)/, /wɪskə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whisker.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whiskers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪskə(ɹ) Etymology: Middle English wisker, whisk (verb) + -er Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wisker}} Middle English wisker, {{af|en|whisk|-er|pos1=v}} whisk (verb) + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} whisker (plural whiskers)
  1. That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both. Categories (topical): Hair Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (part of the beard): շշուկ (ššuk) (Armenian), бакенбард (bakenbard) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bakkebaarden (Dutch), lipharoj (Esperanto), parta (Finnish), leukaparta (Finnish), favoris [masculine, plural] (French), pajesz (Hungarian), barkó (Hungarian), basetta [feminine] (Italian), basettoni [plural] (Italian), favoriti [plural] (Italian), fedine [feminine, plural] (Italian), kumikumi (Maori), хууз (xuuz) (Mongolian), صقال (sakal) (Ottoman Turkish), سبیل (sebil) (Persian), bokobrody [feminine, plural] (Polish), costeleta [feminine] (Portuguese), suíça [feminine] (Portuguese), бакенба́рды (bakenbárdy) [feminine, plural] (Russian), bokombrady [feminine, plural] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-whisker-en-noun-cScwa3L6 Disambiguation of Hair: 28 10 8 2 14 17 10 11 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 30 1 8 2 15 19 12 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 0 9 1 26 30 12 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 14 2 10 3 21 22 13 15 Disambiguation of 'part of the beard': 54 41 0 0 0 5 0 0
  2. A hair of the beard. Translations (hair of the beard): vous [masculine] (Czech), baardhaar (Dutch), partakarva (Finnish), poil de barbe [masculine] (French), Barthaar [neuter] (German), Barthaare [neuter, plural, singular] (German), pelo [masculine] (Italian), تهریش (tah-riš) (Persian), pelo [masculine] (Portuguese), fio [masculine] (Portuguese), fir [neuter] (Romanian), во́лос (vólos) [masculine] (Russian), во́лосы (vólosy) [masculine, plural, usually] (Russian), fúz [masculine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-whisker-en-noun-v4hZDXIU Disambiguation of 'hair of the beard': 13 86 1 0 0 0 0 0
  3. One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal. Translations (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat): شَارِب (šārib) [masculine] (Arabic), ву́сік (vúsik) [masculine] (Belarusian), вібры́са (vibrýsa) (english: scientific but uncommon) [feminine] (Belarusian), мустак (mustak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vibrissa [feminine] (Catalan), bigoti [masculine] (Catalan), 感覺毛 (Chinese Mandarin), 感觉毛 (gǎnjuémáo) (Chinese Mandarin), vous [masculine] (Czech), knurhår (Danish), snor (Dutch), vibriso (Esperanto), viiksikarva (Finnish), moustache [feminine] (French), vibrisse [feminine] (French), ვიბრისი (vibrisi) (Georgian), Schnurrhaar [neuter] (German), Vibrisse [feminine] (German), गलमुच्छा (galmucchā) (Hindi), veiðihár [neuter] (Icelandic), vibrissa [feminine] (Italian), baffo [masculine] (Italian), 洞毛 (dōmō) (alt: どうもう) (Japanese), 동모 (dongmo) (Korean), saeta (Latin), vibrissa [feminine] (Latin), بیق (bıyık) (Ottoman Turkish), wibrys [masculine] (Polish), wibrysy [plural] (Polish), bigode [masculine] (Portuguese), mustață [feminine] (Romanian), vibrisă [feminine] (Romanian), вибри́сса (vibríssa) (english: scientific but uncommon) [feminine] (Russian), усы́ (usý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), у́сик (úsik) [masculine] (Russian), брк (brk) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fúz [masculine] (Slovak), vibrisa [feminine] (Spanish), bigote [masculine] (Spanish), morrhår (Swedish), หนวด (nùuat) (Thai), bıyık (Turkish), ву́сик (vúsyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), вібри́са (vibrýsa) (english: scientific but uncommon) [feminine] (Ukrainian), wisgeren [feminine] (Welsh), wisgers [feminine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-whisker-en-noun-fe5tW782 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 14 2 10 3 21 22 13 15 Disambiguation of 'long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat': 18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2
  4. (colloquial) The (very small) distance between two things. Tags: colloquial Translations ((colloquial) very small distance between two things): косъм (kosǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fous [masculine] (Czech), hårsbredde (Danish), op een haar na (Dutch), ei zo na (Dutch), hiuskarva (Finnish), d’un poil [colloquial] (French), de justesse (French), un cheveu [masculine] (French), Haaresbreite [feminine] (German), pelo [masculine] (Italian), fio [masculine] (Portuguese), руко́й пода́ть (rukój podátʹ) (english: within a hand's reach) (Russian), в двух шага́х (v dvux šagáx) (english: two steps away) (Russian), длака (dlaka) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), chlp [masculine] (Slovak), o chlp (Slovak), hårsmån (Swedish), milim (Turkish), santim (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-whisker-en-noun-7vJOvqbI Disambiguation of '(colloquial) very small distance between two things': 2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5
  5. (nautical) Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-whisker-en-noun-sJyn0Jn5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 0 9 1 26 30 12 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 14 2 10 3 21 22 13 15 Topics: nautical, transport
  6. (statistics) A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot. Categories (topical): Statistics Translations (a graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot): Whisker [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-whisker-en-noun-NWbEMnQa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 0 9 1 26 30 12 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 0 6 1 14 35 10 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 14 2 10 3 21 22 13 15 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics Disambiguation of 'a graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot': 2 0 2 0 4 86 2 4
  7. One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
    Sense id: en-whisker-en-noun-FcW4K~Fs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 0 9 1 26 30 12 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 14 2 10 3 21 22 13 15
  8. (metallurgy) A small tendril that forms on metal. Categories (topical): Metallurgy Translations (a small tendril): мустаче (mustače) [neuter] (Bulgarian), barbe [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-whisker-en-noun-30UroMKs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 0 9 1 26 30 12 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 14 2 10 3 21 22 13 15 Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'a small tendril': 2 0 1 6 1 4 1 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gǎnjuémáo",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "感觉毛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vous"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "knurhår"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "snor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "vibriso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "viiksikarva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "moustache"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vibrisse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "vibrisi",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "ვიბრისი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Schnurrhaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Vibrisse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "galmucchā",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "गलमुच्छा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "veiðihár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vibrissa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "baffo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "alt": "どうもう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dōmō",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "洞毛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dongmo",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "동모"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "saeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vibrissa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "bıyık",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "بیق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wibrys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "wibrysy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bigode"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mustață"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vibrisă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "scientific but uncommon",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vibríssa",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вибри́сса"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "usý",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "усы́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "úsik",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "у́сик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "roman": "brk",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "брк"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fúz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vibrisa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bigote"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "morrhår"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "nùuat",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "หนวด"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "word": "bıyık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vúsyk",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ву́сик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "english": "scientific but uncommon",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vibrýsa",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вібри́са"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wisgeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 5 65 2 3 4 1 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
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            "feminine",
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          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "kosǎm",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "косъм"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fous"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "word": "hårsbredde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "word": "op een haar na"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "word": "ei zo na"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "word": "hiuskarva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "d’un poil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "word": "de justesse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "un cheveu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Haaresbreite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "within a hand's reach",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rukój podátʹ",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "word": "руко́й пода́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "two steps away",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "v dvux šagáx",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "word": "в двух шага́х"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "roman": "dlaka",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "длака"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chlp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "word": "o chlp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "word": "hårsmån"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "word": "milim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 85 2 2 1 5",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
          "word": "santim"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "_dis": "14 2 10 3 21 22 13 15",
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          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er",
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        "transport"
      ]
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            "Mathematics",
            "Sciences",
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        "(statistics) A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot."
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      "topics": [
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        "sciences",
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          "_dis1": "2 0 2 0 4 86 2 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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            "Technology",
            "Matter",
            "All topics",
            "Chemistry",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences"
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        "engineering",
        "metallurgy",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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          "_dis1": "2 0 1 6 1 4 1 85",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mustače",
          "sense": "a small tendril",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "мустаче"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 1 6 1 4 1 85",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a small tendril",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "barbe"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɪskə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪskə(ɹ)/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪskə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪskə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪskə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "en:Animal body parts",
    "en:Hair"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "box and whisker plot"
    },
    {
      "word": "by a whisker"
    },
    {
      "word": "cat's whisker"
    },
    {
      "word": "cat's whisker receiver"
    },
    {
      "word": "cat's whiskers"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnat's whisker"
    },
    {
      "word": "tin whisker"
    },
    {
      "word": "whisker biscuit"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskered"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskerless"
    },
    {
      "word": "whisker pole"
    },
    {
      "word": "whiskery"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "-er",
        "pos1": "v"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "whiskers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both."
      ],
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        [
          "beard",
          "beard"
        ],
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A hair of the beard."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal."
      ],
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        [
          "projecting",
          "projecting"
        ],
        [
          "cat",
          "cat"
        ]
      ]
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "It missed falling on your foot by a whisker.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Boosted by their reward, Wolves continued to push forward and Jamie O'Hara came within a whisker of doubling the lead, smashing a 25-yard effort on to the bar.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The (very small) distance between two things."
      ],
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        "(colloquial) The (very small) distance between two things."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
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        "Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds."
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          "nautical"
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          "Spreader",
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          "bows",
          "bows"
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          "bowsprit",
          "bowsprit"
        ],
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          "shroud",
          "shroud"
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        "(nautical) Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Statistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "statistics",
          "statistics"
        ],
        [
          "graphic",
          "graphic"
        ],
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "maxima",
          "maxima"
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        [
          "minima",
          "minima"
        ],
        [
          "box plot",
          "box plot"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(statistics) A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "statistics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whisk",
          "whisk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Metallurgy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small tendril that forms on metal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "metallurgy",
          "metallurgy"
        ],
        [
          "tendril",
          "tendril#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metallurgy) A small tendril that forms on metal."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "metallurgy",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɪskə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪskə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪskə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ššuk",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "word": "շշուկ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bakenbard",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бакенбард"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "word": "bakkebaarden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "word": "lipharoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "word": "parta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "word": "leukaparta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "favoris"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "word": "pajesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "word": "barkó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "basetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "basettoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "favoriti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "fedine"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "word": "kumikumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xuuz",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "word": "хууз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "sakal",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "word": "صقال"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sebil",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "word": "سبیل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bokobrody"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "costeleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suíça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bakenbárdy",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "бакенба́рды"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "part of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bokombrady"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vous"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "word": "baardhaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "word": "partakarva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poil de barbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Barthaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "Barthaare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tah-riš",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "word": "تهریش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vólos",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во́лос"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vólosy",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "во́лосы"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hair of the beard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fúz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šārib",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَارِب"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vúsik",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ву́сік"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "english": "scientific but uncommon",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vibrýsa",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вібры́са"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mustak",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мустак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrissa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bigoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "感覺毛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǎnjuémáo",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "感觉毛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vous"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "knurhår"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "snor"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "vibriso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "viiksikarva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moustache"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vibrisi",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "ვიბრისი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schnurrhaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vibrisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "galmucchā",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "गलमुच्छा"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veiðihár"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrissa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baffo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうもう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōmō",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "洞毛"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dongmo",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "동모"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "saeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrissa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bıyık",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "بیق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wibrys"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "wibrysy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bigode"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mustață"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrisă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "scientific but uncommon",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vibríssa",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вибри́сса"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usý",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "усы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "úsik",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у́сик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "brk",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fúz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vibrisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bigote"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "morrhår"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nùuat",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "หนวด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "word": "bıyık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vúsyk",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ву́сик"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "scientific but uncommon",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vibrýsa",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вібри́са"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wisgeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "wisgers"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kosǎm",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "косъм"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fous"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "word": "hårsbredde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "word": "op een haar na"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "word": "ei zo na"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "word": "hiuskarva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "d’un poil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "word": "de justesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "un cheveu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Haaresbreite"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "within a hand's reach",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rukój podátʹ",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "word": "руко́й пода́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "two steps away",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "v dvux šagáx",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "word": "в двух шага́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "dlaka",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "длака"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chlp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "word": "o chlp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "word": "hårsmån"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "word": "milim"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "(colloquial) very small distance between two things",
      "word": "santim"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Whisker"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mustače",
      "sense": "a small tendril",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мустаче"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a small tendril",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barbe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whisker"
}

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