Whisker (disambiguation)

A whisker is a type of mammalian hair.

Whisker may also refer to:

Science and objects

• Facial hair, hair on the face of a human
• Whisker (metallurgy), a strong hair-shaped protrusion on a metal's surface
• Whisker, a project of the Cult of the Dead Cow which checked for security vulnerabilities in web servers
• Whisker, an element of a box plot
• Monocrystalline whisker, high aspect ratio, microscopic, single crystal particles
• WhiskerControl, a research control system

Individuals

• Alexander Whisker (1819–1907), New Zealand soldier and diarist
• Andrew Mowatt Whisker (1907–1992), Canadian lumberman and politician
• Whisker (horse) (1812–1832), Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 1815 Epsom Derby
• (His/Old) Whiskers, US President Benjamin Harrison's pet goat

Fiction & Entertainment

• Whiskers, the main family group in the British television show Meerkat Manor
• Whiskers, a fictional winged cat in Michael Moorcock's Multiverse
• Whiskers, a fictional villain in The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding by Beatrix Potter
• Mr. Whiskers, a character in the American animated television series Brandy & Mr. Whiskers

See also

• Barbel (anatomy), the sensitive whisker-like structures on the face of fish such as catfish
• Cat's whisker diode, a thin wire used as a contact on a crystal radio receiver
• Fly-whisk, a type of hand fan, often ceremonial, notably made of feathers or animal tail hairs
• Whiskas, a brand of cat food