: a small pointed or tufted beard on a man's chin
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Drummond is described as 5-foot-10 and weighing 190 pounds, with brown hair, blue eyes and a goatee.
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Julia Bonavita , Adam Sabes , Samantha Daigle, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The former star’s black hair and goatee are now entirely gray, as inmates are not allowed to use dye.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025
This is what Jesse, Scott, Jax Taylor, and all the rest of the people who are about to fall under the spell of a man who sports an unironic goatee fail to understand.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 June 2025
Conducting with his pointer fingers rather than a baton, and sporting a new goatee, Guerrero led a sparky, whistle-clean run of Hailstork’s eight-minute curtain raiser.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
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Julia Bonavita , Adam Sabes , Samantha Daigle, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The former star’s black hair and goatee are now entirely gray, as inmates are not allowed to use dye.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025
This is what Jesse, Scott, Jax Taylor, and all the rest of the people who are about to fall under the spell of a man who sports an unironic goatee fail to understand.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 June 2025
Conducting with his pointer fingers rather than a baton, and sporting a new goatee, Guerrero led a sparky, whistle-clean run of Hailstork’s eight-minute curtain raiser.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
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“Goatee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goatee. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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goatee
noun
goa·tee
gō-ˈtē 
: a small trim pointed or tufted beard on a man's chin
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