goatee

noun

goa·​tee gō-ˈtē How to pronounce goatee (audio)
: a small pointed or tufted beard on a man's chin
goateed adjective

Examples of goatee in a Sentence

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The Anduril cofounder certainly looks like a new kind of defense tech executive, wearing his customary Hawaiian shirt and sporting a bold hairstyle combo of both a mullet and a goatee. Will Knight, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024 Stills wore black, with a gray goatee, plucking an almost identical guitar. Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024 Jason, in glasses and a goatee, is a mild soul who’s in over his head. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2024 Wearing a white cotton skullcap over his bald head and sporting a white goatee, Barney played quarterback Ken Stabler in Drawing Restraint 26, 2023, filmed in Gladstone’s New York gallery. Lillian Davies, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for goatee 

Word History

Etymology

from its resemblance to the beard of a he-goat

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of goatee was in 1841

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“Goatee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goatee. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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goatee

noun
goa·​tee gō-ˈtē How to pronounce goatee (audio)
: a small trim pointed or tufted beard on a man's chin

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