moustache
Hair that grows on the space between your nose and your mouth, or a style of this hair.
The hair that grows on a person’s upper lip, or a particular style of this hair.
A line or small area that looks like hair above the mouth, for example on an animal’s face or in a drawing.
A strip or patch of colour, fur, or similar material that looks like a human moustache above the upper lip, especially on an animal or in a picture.
- Base: moustache
- Plural: moustaches
handlebar moustache
1moustache with curled ends
A big, thick moustache where the hair is long and the ends are curled up like the shape of a bicycle handlebar.
- The bartender with the huge handlebar moustache greeted everyone by name.
- He spent years growing and styling his handlebar moustache.
- The cartoon villain had a long handlebar moustache and a tall hat.
moustache-twirling villain
1very obviously evil character
A villain in a story or film who is shown as very evil in a simple, exaggerated way and is not realistic or complex.
- The film was fun, but the bad guy felt like a cartoonish, moustache-twirling villain.
- Critics said the drama would be better if the antagonist were less of a moustache-twirling villain.
- He didn’t want to play a simple moustache-twirling villain, so he gave the character some good qualities too.
pencil moustache
1very thin line moustache
A very thin moustache that looks like a line drawn with a pencil just above the upper lip.
- The actor’s neat pencil moustache became his trademark look.
- He shaved his beard but kept a small pencil moustache.
- In old films, many leading men have a stylish pencil moustache.