Mousse

Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs
• Homophones: moose

Origin

French mousse ("foam, froth"), from Old French mosse ("moss"), from Frankish or Old Dutch mosa ("moss"), from Proto-Germanic *musÄ… ("moss, bog, marsh"). More at moss.

Full definition of mousse

Noun

1. An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
2. A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
3. A styling cream used for hair.He slicked his hair back with mousse, but the cowlick still stuck up.

Verb

1. To apply mousse (styling cream).He moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.

Anagrams

• mouses