mustache
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- noun
- /ˈmʌstæʃ/
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bigote
- The actor's distinctive mustache became a popular trend among fans.
- beard and mustache
- thin mustache
- sport a mustache
Sal said that with a mustache, Wally looks like Wally's bookie.
- Sal said that with a mustache, Wally looks like Wally's bookie.
- I think my, like, iconic mustache of all time is Freddie Mercury.
- And then when it gets cold again, your mustache is where it should be, right?
- So let's take us from mustache to to self-confidence.
- And he likes his mustache and he likes his axe.
- Yeah, I would I would have a mustache if we were not friends, right.
- If once it you could see if I had a mustache straight across it.
Examples
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You know, I preferred you with a mustache.
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I have had this mustache for 13 years!
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The man behind the mustache is serious, simple and strong.
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His eyes were round and his mustache was pulled back to show all his teeth.
Fiction book (1991) -
Hey, I'm sporting a mustache for the very first time.
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He had the big mustache and the big hat.
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That's a cool mustache you have.
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The moment, for example, when approaching the window, he pressed his white mustache against the frame.
Academic text (2007) -
Robert Muldoon was a big man, fifty years old, with a steel-gray mustache and deep blue eyes.
Fiction book (1990) -
He groomed his mustache every morning to keep it looking sharp.
Synonyms
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Hair on the upper lip that men usually grow
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A short narrow mustache like Charlie Chaplin's
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Thick hair above the upper lip on a man's face
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Thick hair on the face that hangs over the mouth like walrus whiskers
A short line of hair above the upper lip
Hair that grows on a person's upper lip often called a mustache
A large bushy moustache with long ends that curl or hang beside the mouth
Facial hair that grows thick along the jaw and down the cheeks
Compounds
- Archaic
A cup with a small bar inside the rim that keeps a man's mustache out of the drink
How Bushy
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Mustache comes from an old Greek word mystax meaning 'upper lip' or 'mouth hair', and the word passed into English through French and Italian. So a mustache is simply the hair that grows on the upper lip.