Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA narrow beard descending from the lower lip, above the chin.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
The hairstyle itself has existed for centuries, coming in and out of popularity under various designations such as mouche, but the term soul patch dates to the 1980s and relates to its popularization (from the 1950s onwards) by African American musicians, especially jazz musicians: compare soul food, soul music, soul brother, and the hairstyle's alternative name, jazz dot.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic عنفقَة
- عنفقَةnarrow beard
French mouche
- mouchenarrow beard
German Soul Patch
- Soul Patchnarrow beard
Japanese ソウルパッチ
- ソウルパッチ (sourupatchi)narrow beard
Portuguese mosca
- moscanarrow beard
Russian латка души, маленькая бородка под губой
- латка души (latka duši)narrow beard
- маленькая бородка под губой (malenʹkaja borodka pod guboj)narrow beard
Spanish barbilla de labio inferior, barbillita
- barbilla de labio inferiornarrow beard
- barbillitanarrow beard
Cite this entry
soul patch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soul%20patch
“soul patch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soul%20patch. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soul patch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soul%20patch.
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