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mousse definition

mousse (mo̵̅o̅s)

noun

  1. any of various light chilled or frozen foods made with egg white, gelatin, whipped cream, etc., combined with fruit or flavoring for desserts, or with fish, meat, etc.
  2. an aerosol foam used to help hair stay in place and, sometimes, to add color

Etymology: Fr, foam, prob. < L mulsa, kind of mead < mulsus, mixed with honey < mel, honey: see mildew

transitive verb moussed, moussing mouss′·ing

to shape or style (hair) with mousse

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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