handlebar mustache

noun

: a heavy mustache with long sections that curve upward at each end

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Simmons, donning his iconic handlebar mustache and American flag road champion’s jersey, was seen at the front of the peloton nearly every day for three weeks. Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 27 July 2025 No President since has cultivated a beard in office; the last with any facial hair—a sportive handlebar mustache—was William Howard Taft, who left the White House in 1913. Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 July 2025 Gossage was famous for his hundred-mile-an-hour fastball and his handlebar mustache. Michael Thomas, New Yorker, 19 July 2025 Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Double Date with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds in N.Y.C. Kelce, meanwhile, sported shorter hair and a handlebar mustache, which he’s been rocking since the summer. Escher Walcott, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for handlebar mustache

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of handlebar mustache was in 1896

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“Handlebar mustache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handlebar%20mustache. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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