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noun a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
Origin of goatee 1835–45, Americanism ;goat (from its resemblance to a goat's tufted chin) + -ee, probably as spelling variant of -y2 , -ie, though stressed as if formed with -ee
OTHER WORDS FROM goatee goat·eed, adjective Words nearby goatee go-around, go astray, goat, goat antelope, goat cheese, goatee , goatfish, goat god, goatherd, goatish, Goat Island
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Example sentences from the Web for goatee Todd, who wears a goatee , is also deeply knowledgeable about politics and Washington folkways.
David Gregory: Dead Head Talking? | Lloyd Grove| July 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
A thin man with a wisp of a goatee beard, he struggles with a stutter to explain what happened to him that day.
Photographs Expose Russian-Trained Killers in Kiev | Jamie Dettmer| March 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But someone else—a smiling man with a goatee —had already stepped in.
Daddy, How Come You’re Always Broke? Benjamin Anastas’s ‘Too Good to Be True’ | Benjamin Anastas| October 15, 2012| DAILY BEAST
He was unshaven, with a goatee and long, scraggly hair, and looked miserable and not a little creepy.
Fred Willard: Arrested in a Post Pee-wee Herman Universe | Tricia Romano| July 19, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Add some pricey eyewear, and a goatee can make you hip, as it does Johnny Depp.
What Does a Goatee Say About You? | Bryan Curtis| November 12, 2009| DAILY BEAST
The short trimmed mustache and goatee which he wore were gray and added to his grand air.
Twelve Men | Theodore Dreiser
Ellison looked up, leaned back in his chair, and tugged at his goatee .
Oh, You Tex! | William Macleod Raine
The Béarnais pulled his goatee , and looked at the ends of it for split hairs.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay | Maurice Hewlett
I managed, however, with a skillful blow, to dispossess him of his "goatee ."
Gems for the Young Folks | Various
He has a typical swarthy, angular Indian face and a French mustache and goatee .
On Canada's Frontier | Julian Ralph
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British Dictionary definitions for goatee noun a pointed tuftlike beard on the chin
Derived forms of goatee goateed , adjective Word Origin for goatee C19: from goat + -ee (see -y ²)
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