mousse

Plural: mousses

Noun

• a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream
• a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin
• toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling
• An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.
• A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin.
• A styling cream used for hair.
• A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs.

Verb

Verb Forms: moussed, moussing, mousses

• To apply a light, foamy preparation to hair for styling.
• apply a styling gel to
  • "she mousses her hair"
• To apply mousse (styling cream).

Examples

• ham mousse
• He moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.
• He slicked his hair back with mousse, but the cowlick still stuck up.
• She decided to mousse her hair before the Scrabble tournament for a competitive, sleek look.

Synonyms

gel, hair gel, hair mousse

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