mustache

noun

variants or less commonly moustache
1
: 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
2
: hair or bristles about the mouth of a mammal
mustached adjective
or less commonly moustached
ˈmə-ˌstasht How to pronounce mustache (audio)
(ˌ)mə-ˈstasht

Examples of mustache in a Sentence

He used a small pair of scissors to trim his mustache. He decided to grow a mustache. The actor was wearing a false mustache.
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Meanwhile, Travis sported Gomez' classic striped suit, pencil mustache and slicked back black hair and even carried the character's signature cigar. Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024 Declan, quite a serious character in the novel, proceeds to drink obscene amounts of whiskey and smoke intellectually in the bath, glowering beneath his mustache. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024 My son and his fiancee are insisting that my other son, as a groomsman, shave his mustache. Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024 But when the actor playing Judge Brack, the play’s lustful old bachelor, emerged from the wings with his walking stick, eyeglass and thick mustache, the house erupted in jeers and boos. Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mustache 

Word History

Etymology

Middle French moustache, from Old Italian mustaccio, from Middle Greek moustaki, diminutive of Greek mystak-, mystax upper lip, mustache

First Known Use

1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mustache was in 1585

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Cite this Entry

“Mustache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mustache. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

mustache

noun
mus·​tache
variants also moustache
ˈməs-ˌtash,
(ˌ)məs-ˈtash
1
: the hair growing on the human upper lip
2
: hair or bristles about the mouth of a mammal (as a walrus)

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