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Added 8 October 2026

mousse

/muːs/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about mousse at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

verb

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

Origin

From French mousse (“foam, froth”), from Old French mosse (“moss”), from Frankish or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), from Proto-Germanic *musą (“moss, bog, marsh”). More at moss.

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