mustache

noun

mus·tache ˈmə-ˌstash

(ˌ)mə-ˈstash

variants or less commonly moustache

: 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

mustached adjective

or less commonly moustached

ˈmə-ˌstasht

(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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Just James Austin Johnson doing Trump with a mustache — a real mustache. —

Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025 Coach Andy Reid’s mustache froze, Patrick Mahomes’ helmet cracked and the Chiefs jumped to a 10-0 lead early and won easily. —

Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025 Nikki Glaser earned widespread acclaim for her hosting duties at the 2025 Golden Globes, where her monologue poked fun at Diddy, Ben Affleck and Timothée Chalamet’s mustache. —

Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025 Skarsgård speaks of his heavy prosthetics-laden transformation — which includes a mustache and deepening his voice by an entire octave — in an interview with Entertainment Weekly (conducted weeks prior to the film's premiere). —

Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mustache