handlebar mustache

noun

: a heavy mustache with long sections that curve upward at each end

Examples of handlebar mustache in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Buying milk can turn into an hour-long activity for the easily recognizable Coe, with his white handlebar mustache, as constituents stop him in the grocery aisles to talk about local issues. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025

In one video, Jeffries is depicted as having a handlebar mustache and wearing a Mexican-style sombrero. —Filip Timotija, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025

Finally, mandolinist Michael Kirkpatrick is an ebullient outdoorsman with a brown curly shag, straw hat, and handlebar mustache. —John Briley, Outside, 28 Sep. 2025

Black Rabbit’s second episode trades the introductory flash-forward for a classic flashback, set in motion by a slightly less unkempt Vince, now sporting a mullet and handlebar mustache in place of his twitchy Manson look from the present timeline. —Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for handlebar mustache

• ash
• bash
• brash
• cache
• cash
• clash
• crash
• dash
• flash
• gash
• hash
• lash