1
: a light spongy food usually containing cream or gelatin
2
: a molded chilled dessert made with sweetened and flavored whipped cream or egg whites and gelatin
chocolate mousse
3
: a foamy preparation used in styling hair
Examples of mousse in a Sentence
Noun
a jar of styling mousse
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Susan Stapleton, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
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—Annie Blay, Allure, 27 Jan. 2025
The Color of the Year, mocha mousse, fits right in.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Key menu items include popovers made with tallow and baked as they are ordered, chicken liver mousse, French onion soup, and a classic wedge salad with Maytag blue cheese and Nueske’s bacon.
—Susan Stapleton, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
January 27, 2025 Pantone may have declared mocha mousse to be the color of the year, but there’s another hue that’s been dominating so far: dark cherry.
—Annie Blay, Allure, 27 Jan. 2025
The Color of the Year, mocha mousse, fits right in.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 9 Jan. 2025
My experiments have involved countless hair diffusers, salt sprays, curl creams, and mousses (plus at least a dozen TikTok hacks) to no avail.
—Zoë Weiner, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Mousse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mousse. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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mousse
1 of 2 noun1
: a light whipped or molded food
especially
: a cold dessert of sweetened and flavored whipped cream or egg whites and gelatin
2
: a foamy preparation used in styling hair
mousse
2 of 2 verb
moussed; moussing
: to style (hair) with mousse
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