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

Derived Forms

• musˈtached, adjective

Other Word Forms

• mustached adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mustache¹

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

Example Sentences

He’s even grown himself a hipster mustache of despair.

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He told investigators that he remembered the shooter as a tall, slender man with a mustache and arms covered in tattoos.

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In photos taken of Wedding in 2024, he sported a bedazzled Los Angeles Dodgers hat and a thick mustache.

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However, he redeems himself as an administrator by writing impenetrable new rules on the size of officers’ sideburns and mustaches.

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Maybe, they reasoned, Aaron Judge wouldn’t have bungled that routine fly ball in Game 5 of the World Series against the Dodgers had he worn a suave Salvador Dali mustache.

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