mustache
noun
mus·tache
ˈmə-ˌstash 
(ˌ)mə-ˈstash
(ˌ)mə-ˈstash
variants
or less commonly moustache
1
: 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
Henry Petroski 2
: hair or bristles about the mouth of a mammal
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Apple announced Friday that that the hit sports dramedy will be returning for Season 4, and the man behind the mustache, Sudeikis, will be coming along too.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Even the fun of seeing giant old-timey robots, who appear to have been designed by a metalworker in Portland, Oregon, with a curly mustache, on a rampage wears off quickly.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
National attention can be suddenly drawn anywhere, even here, tucked under the Roosevelt mustache of the Mount Rushmore that is UConn territory, and give the students at a place like Central the chance to mimic the celebrations they’re used to seeing on TV.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
Dressed in a colorful smoking jacket, an accentuating cravat and pencil-thin mustache, his get-up is almost as refined as his compliments, which are so detailed and nimbly assembled that even the politest group of word-spitters would be thoroughly impressed.
—Stefano Montali, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Even the fun of seeing giant old-timey robots, who appear to have been designed by a metalworker in Portland, Oregon, with a curly mustache, on a rampage wears off quickly.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
National attention can be suddenly drawn anywhere, even here, tucked under the Roosevelt mustache of the Mount Rushmore that is UConn territory, and give the students at a place like Central the chance to mimic the celebrations they’re used to seeing on TV.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
Dressed in a colorful smoking jacket, an accentuating cravat and pencil-thin mustache, his get-up is almost as refined as his compliments, which are so detailed and nimbly assembled that even the politest group of word-spitters would be thoroughly impressed.
—Stefano Montali, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mustache
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“Mustache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mustache. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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