: a small pointed or tufted beard on a man's chin
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Dark glasses shielded his eyes, while a salt-and-pepper tufts flecked his goatee.
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Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 6 May 2025
For instance, that toothy gape up front is corralled by a goatee of nearly 200 digital light whiskers.
—New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2025
DiCaprio, older and with a goatee, looks down the scope of a gun and Penn’s character drags the screaming young woman through an alleyway.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
The rules include abstaining from substances that are already forbidden by the LDS Church, practicing chastity, forgoing the use of profanity and following a dress code that prohibits men from wearing beards or goatees and requires skirts to be no shorter than knee-length.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
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Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 6 May 2025
For instance, that toothy gape up front is corralled by a goatee of nearly 200 digital light whiskers.
—New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2025
DiCaprio, older and with a goatee, looks down the scope of a gun and Penn’s character drags the screaming young woman through an alleyway.
—Lauren Coates, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
The rules include abstaining from substances that are already forbidden by the LDS Church, practicing chastity, forgoing the use of profanity and following a dress code that prohibits men from wearing beards or goatees and requires skirts to be no shorter than knee-length.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Goatee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goatee. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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goatee
noun
goa·tee
gō-ˈtē 
: a small trim pointed or tufted beard on a man's chin
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