hɛə ˈhɛəɹzbɹɛdθ vɪˈbɹɪsə

ʍɪskə(ɹ) a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat furnish with whiskers a whiskered jersey a very small distance or space they escaped by a hair's breadth they lost the election by a whisker