mousse

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːs/

Noun

mousse

1. An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
2. A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.

   ham mousse

3. A styling cream used for hair.

   He slicked his hair back with mousse, but the cowlick still stuck up.

4. A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.

Translations

• French: mousse
• German: Mousse
• Portuguese: musse, mousse
• Russian: мусс
• Spanish: espuma, mousse

Translations

• Spanish: espuma

Verb

mousse (mousses, present participle moussing; past and past participle moussed)

1. To apply mousse (styling cream).

   He moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.

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