mustache

mus·tache

noun \ˈməs-ˌtash, (ˌ)mə-ˈstash\

Definition of MUSTACHE

1

: the hair growing on the human upper lip; especially : such hair grown and often trimmed in a particular style

2

: hair or bristles about the mouth of a mammal

— mus·tached also mous·tached adjective

Variants of MUSTACHE

mus·tache also mous·tache \ˈməs-ˌtash, (ˌ)mə-ˈstash\

Examples of MUSTACHE

1. He used a small pair of scissors to trim his mustache.
2. He decided to grow a mustache.
3. The actor was wearing a false mustache.

Origin of MUSTACHE

Middle French moustache, from Old Italian mustaccio, from Middle Greek moustaki, diminutive of Greek mystak-, mystax upper lip, mustache

First Known Use: 1585

Other Fashion Terms

bodkin, chignon, cowlick, eau de toilette, imperial, pocket, pomander, tonsorial

Rhymes with MUSTACHE

abash, backlash, backslash, backsplash, bone ash, calash, Chumash, cold cash, czardas, encash, eyelash, fly ash, gate-crash, goulash, green flash, heat rash, hot flash, Lagash, mishmash, panache, potash, rehash, slapdash, soutache, stramash, tongue-lash, unlash, Wabash, whiplash, white ash