moustache

moustache
(BrE) (AmE mustache) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ thick, thin
▪ long
▪ small
▪ bushy, curly, droopy, handlebar, neat (esp. BrE), pencil (BrE), toothbrush (BrE), walrus (esp. BrE), waxed (esp. BrE)
▪ fake (esp. AmE), false (esp. BrE)
VERB + MOUSTACHE/MUSTACHE
▪ have, sport, wear
▪

Her fiancé sported a bushy moustache.

▪ grow
▪

He's trying to grow a moustache.

▪ trim
▪ shave off
▪ stroke, twirl
▪

He stroked his moustache thoughtfully.


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