Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whiskering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whisker-ing
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Whiskers generally.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The fading of creases in blue jeans, especially around the crotch; often added artificially in order to simulate a "worn" look.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A defect of gravure printing characterized by printed areas possessing hairlike tendrils of ink sticking out into non-image areas.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of composing a natural transformation and a functor to produce another natural transformation.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In front of each ear was something that appeared to be incipient whiskerings."
"Jeans come in various states of distress, but the best are deep indigo without washing, whiskering or ravaging of any kind ($165)."

Etymology

From whisker + -ing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

whiskerings (plural)

Questions

What does whiskering mean?: Whiskers generally.
Where does whiskering come from?: From whisker + -ing.

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