moustache

noun

mous·tache

less common spelling of mustache

: the hair growing on the human upper lip

especially : such hair grown and often trimmed in a particular style

his long mustache combed and waxed —

Henry Petroski

: hair or bristles about the mouth of a mammal

Examples of moustache in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The best known of the cycle is Charles Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940), where the comedian plays both a Hitler doppelganger (same body type, same moustache) and a Jewish barber. —

Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024 Tom, who no longer has a moustache or a relationship with Rachel, is now single and attempting to mingle. —

Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 12 Apr. 2024 It was nominated for an Oscar, and made Spurlock – instantly recognisable with his wide smile and walrus moustache – a household name. —

The Week Uk, theweek, 9 June 2024 One second later a big man with a moustache and goatee, who was clearly waiting for me, let me in. —

Melinda Wenner Moyer, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2017 See all Example Sentences for moustache

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