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mousse

UK/muːs/ US/ˈmʉs/ uncommon
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.
2.

a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin

3.

toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling

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verb

1.

apply a styling gel to

  • “she mousses her hair”
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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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