moustache

UK /məˈstɑːʃ/ US /ˈmʌstæʃ/

noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

thick, thin | bushy, clipped, curly, drooping, droopy, handlebar, military, neat, pencil, toothbrush, tufty, walrus, waxed | nicotine-stained | false

VERB + MOUSTACHE

have, sport

My grandfather has a thick grey moustache that he's been growing for many years.

grow

My father decided to grow a moustache for the first time last month.

trim | shave off | tug at, twirl

stroke

She stroked her moustache nervously while waiting to hear the exam results.

MOUSTACHE + VERB

droop

His grey moustache drooped sadly as he listened to the bad news.

bristle

His thick moustache bristled when he frowned at the bad news.

Definitions

noun

A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.

A moment later there entered a tall thin Englishman with a great moustache, which was a rare thing amid that clean-shaven race.

“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

A curly bracket, { or }.

In this example, the first is a string of text that contains the name property in double curly brackets (or “mustaches”)—this is the syntax for a tag.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip

mustache

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

A moment later there entered a tall thin Englishman with a great moustache, which was a rare thing amid that clean-shaven race.

Wiktionary

A hint of the truth broke on him after Sedan, when he saw the dyed moustaches of Napoleon going grey; another when he entered Paris, and saw the smashed windows of the Tuileries.

Wiktionary

"Hrmm," mumbled Professor Takeda as he twisted his moustache.

Tatoeba · #505863

You can't seriously expect that they won't recognize you in that disguise. That lopsided, dime store moustache is a dead giveaway!

Tatoeba · #605138

His fake moustache started to peel off on one side.

Tatoeba · #673301

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, moustache is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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