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

Other Word Forms

• mustached adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mustache¹

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

Example Sentences

Now, his head is shaved and the mustache has been gone since 1986.

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At one point, a white man wearing a sombrero, poncho and fake mustache walked around and through the small group of protesters, yelling racial slurs and taunting them.

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He was dressed in standard Mexican grandpa attire: long flannel shirt, blue hat, jeans and sneakers along with a salt-and-pepper mustache and a leather cellphone case hanging from his belt.

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There are old cars, of course, and more mustaches than we are currently accustomed to.

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No strolling waiters in ponchos placing sombreros on unsuspecting diners, no fake mustaches.

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