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noun3) (fig. coll.): (small distance)be within a whisker of something/doing something — kurz vor etwas (Dat.) stehen/kurz davor stehen, etwas zu tun
* * *['wiskə]1) (in plural a man's moustache, beard and/or sideburns.) der Backenbart2) ((usually in plural) one of the long hairs between the nose and the mouth of a cat etc.) das Schnurrbarthaar•- academic.ru/82061/whiskered">whiskered- whiskery
- miss by a whisker* * *whisk·er[ˈ(h)wɪskəʳ, AM -kɚ]n2.▪ \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 famyou've grown some \whiskers! du hast ja [jetzt] einen Bart!3.▶ by a \whisker um Haaresbreite, haarscharfI came within a \whisker of being run over today ich wäre heute beinahe überfahren worden* * *['wɪskə(r)]nSchnurrhaar nt; (of person) Barthaar ntto win sth by a whisker — etw fast gewinnen
* * *whisker s1. pl Backenbart m2. a) Barthaar n:our team was only a whisker away from victory SPORT umg unsere Mannschaft stand ganz knapp vor dem Siegb) pl umg Schnurrbart m3. ZOOL Schnurrhaar n (von Katzen etc)* * *noun3) (fig. coll.): (small distance)be within a whisker of something/doing something — kurz vor etwas (Dat.) stehen/kurz davor stehen, etwas zu tun
* * *n.Barthaar -e n.
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