handlebar moustache

American  

noun

1. a man's moustache having long, curved ends that resemble the handlebars of a bicycle.

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handlebar moustache British  

/ ˈhændəlˌbɑː /

noun

1. a bushy extended moustache with curled ends that resembles handlebars

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Etymology

Origin of handlebar moustache

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

At 82, the former electrician with his legendary handlebar moustache is still receiving visitors in an office at the heart of the former Gdansk shipyards.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Ahmed, a portly man sporting a handlebar moustache and his trademark white turban, exuded an aura of fear wherever he went, embodying the archetype of a gangster-politician.

From BBC • May 14, 2023

Panjiar remembers him as a tall and wiry man with a handlebar moustache, who was quite reserved and carried a US-made self-loading rifle.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2021

Whatever happens Sandgren will make an impression in Paris -- even if only for the handlebar moustache he is nurturing.

From Reuters • May 22, 2017

Dressed in a fancy denim-style suit, with a long, thin cigar protruding from under his handlebar moustache, he expounds on a score of subjects as if he had all the time in the world.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max