mousse

Meanings

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

apply a styling gel to
- "she mousses her hair"
To apply mousse (styling cream).

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

gel, hair gel, hair mousse

Scrabble Score: 8

mousse is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mousse is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mousse is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

mousse is a valid Words With Friends word