Meaning & use

goatee beard

noun·Everyday

A small beard covering only the chin, sometimes connected to a mustache, leaving the cheeks clean-shaven.

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He trimmed his goatee beard carefully before the job interview.

The actor grew a goatee beard for his role as a villain.

A note on using this word

'Goatee' already means a chin beard, so 'goatee beard' is technically redundant, though the fuller phrase is common in casual speech.

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