handle-bars
Noun: 1. A large, bushy moustache: A style of facial hair where the moustache is grown thick and wide, often extending downwards significantly at the corners of the mouth, resembling the shape of bicycle handlebars.
This word is used informally and humorously to describe a specific, prominent style of facial hair. It is typically used as a countable noun. * The old sea captain was famous for his impressive handle-bars. * "He's grown a pair of handle-bars," she said, pointing at the photograph.
- The term is often used in a descriptive or comparative way, emphasizing the visual similarity to the curved handlebars of a bicycle or motorcycle.
- It can be used in a light-hearted or teasing manner when commenting on someone's appearance.
- Handlebar moustache: A more formal and common variant of the term.
- He sports a magnificent handlebar moustache.
- Bushy moustache
- Walrus moustache (though this typically implies a thicker, drooping style)
This definition of 'handle-bars' is distinct from the more common term 'handlebars' (often written as one word). * Handlebars (noun, plural): The steering bar of a bicycle, motorcycle, or scooter. * He gripped the handlebars tightly as he rode down the hill. The term discussed here, 'handle-bars', is a specific metaphorical use based on the shape of that object.
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a large bushy moustache (with hair growing sometimes down the sides of the mouth)
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