n. One who or that which whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.n. A switch or rod.n. A bunch of feathers for sweeping anything.n. In zoology:n. One of the long, stiff, bristly hairs which grow on the upper lip of the cat and many other animals; a vibrissa; a feeler; also, the set of such hairs on either side of the mouth. See vibrissa, and cuts under Platyrhynchus and tiger.n. plural Any similar formation of hairs, feathers, etc., about an animal's mouth; also, color-marks suggestive of whiskers, as mystacial or maxillary stripes. See whiskered.n. In entomology, a long fringe of hairs on the clypeus, overhanging the mouth, as in flies of the genus Asilus.n. The hair of the face, especially that on the sides of the face or cheeks of a man, as distinguished from that which grows on the upper lip (called the mustache) and that on the chin (called the beard), but the word was formerly also used for the hair on the upper lip: commonly in the plural. Compare side-whiskers.n. In ships, an outrigger of wood or iron extending laterally from each side of the bowsprit-cap, serving to support the jib and flying-jib guys.n. Something great or extraordinary; a whopper; a big lie.n. A blusterer.