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by a whisker

US pronunciation
American soundby a whisker
byawhisker
Syllables
3 syllables
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Final r is pronounced in US English

by - a - whisker -> by a whisker

Myanmar meaning

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whisker /'wÇskǝ(r)/ n

၁။ [C] (တိရစ္ဆာန်) နှုတ်ခမ်းမွေး။
၂။ whiskers [pl] (dated or joc ) ပါးမုန်းမွေး။ ပါးမြိုင်းမွေး။ wearing a wig and false whiskers. Compare beard1 (က)
❏ be, come, etc within a whisker of sth/ doing sth [IDM ] (Brit ) … လုနီးပြီ။ အလွန်နီးနေပြီ။ The two firms are now within a whisker of agreeing on a deal.
❏ by a whisker [IDM ] နှာတစ်ဖျားနှင့်။ ပွတ်ကာသီကာ။ She won the race by a whisker.
❏ whiskered /'wÇskǝd/ (also whiskery /'wÇskǝri/) adj နှုတ်ခမ်းမွေးရှိသော။

More examples
  • The cat licked its whiskers.
Synonyms
breadth, bristle, facial hair, filament, fraction, hair, hair's-breath, hairbreadth, hairsbreadth, inch, millimeter, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper
Antonyms
information, lot
Cross references
breadthbristlefacial hairfilamentfractionhairhair's-breathhairbreadthhairsbreadthinchmillimetertingetouchtracewhiffwhisperinformationlotandbeardcomecomparefalsesthwigwithin
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