Whiskery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Whiskery is an adjective meaning Having whiskers.
Meaning
Having whiskers.
More Meanings
- Having protrusions resembling whiskers.
- Resembling whiskers.
- Involving or caused by whiskers.
- (UK, humorous) Old.
- (rare) A whiskey distillery.
Example Sentences
At a corner table two whiskery ranch hands were playing checkers.
He nodded his head toward an ancient armchair spewing out its whiskery stuffing.
[T]he old lady is as ugly as any woman in the parish, and as tall and whiskery as a Grenadier.
I looked at Dr Grene and tried to imagine him altered by the moon, more whiskery, a werewolf possibly.
Word Forms
- whiskeries
Synonyms for whiskery
Depending on context, synonyms include bewhiskered, whiskered, bearded, barbate, unshaven.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bewhiskered, bearded, barbate, unshaven, whiskerlike, dewhiskered.
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