mustache
mustache
Definition
mus·tache (mus′tas̸h′, məs tas̸h′)
noun
- the hair that a man has let grow out on his upper lip: sometimes used in the plural in reference to the two halves of this growth
- hair growing on the upper lip at fourteen he's already getting a mustache
- the hair or bristles growing about the mouth in some animals
Etymology: Fr moustache < It mostacchio, mustache < MGr mustaki < Gr mystax, upper lip, mustache < mastax, a mouth, jaws < IE base *menth- > mouth
mustache
Synonyms
mustache
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: He was a tall, rather reddish white man and he had a thick mustache.
- wear: My sister wears a mustache, My brother wears a dress.
- draw: Pose loved having a mustache drawn on her and kept getting me to do more on the bus, so it ended up huge!
- grow: You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.
- sport: He sported a handlebar mustache and wore leather onstage and off.
- trim: My question is not regarding the obligation to grow the beard and trim the mustache.
Adjective modifier
- bushy: The thick lips under the bushy handlebar mustache tightened in an ironic smile.
- white: The combination of his white toothbrush mustache, his Medal of Honor and his swagger stick were quite overwhelming.
- thick: He was a tall, rather reddish white man and he had a thick mustache.
- large: There should be a merchant with a large mustache.
- big: This guy with a big handlebar mustache just looked at me and shook his head.
- small: He has silver hair and a small mustache of the same color.
Noun used with modifier
- handlebar: The thick lips under the bushy handlebar mustache tightened in an ironic smile.
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