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mustache

or mous·tache

[ muhs-tash, muh-stash ]

noun

  1. the hair growing on the upper lip
  2. such hair on men, allowed to grow without shaving, and often trimmed in any of various shapes.
  3. hairs or bristles growing near the mouth of an animal.
  4. a stripe of color, or elongated feathers, suggestive of a mustache on the side of the head of a bird.
  5. something resembling a mustache, as food or drink adhering to the upper lip:

    a mustache of milk.



mustache

/ məˈstɑːʃ /

noun

  1. the US spelling of moustache
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • musˈtached, adjective
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Other Words From

  • mustached adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mustache1

1575–85; < Middle French moustache < Italian mostaccio; mustachio
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Example Sentences

He has a monkish buzz cut, a mustache and a healthy stubble.

From Salon

The video is grainy, but Dave Roberts’ thin mustache and Aaron Boone’s peach fuzz are discernible.

She calls out disjointed knees that were a consequence of her growing fetus, and skin discoloration on her upper lip resembling a mustache from afar.

Then, I’m looking at the guy next to me who is the quintessential sleazy, greasy guy smoking a cigarette, eating his chicken, with the sunglasses on inside and the greasy mustache.

His peers could dunk basketballs and had mustaches; he was in eighth grade but had barely hit puberty.

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