mousse
noun
[ muːs ]
• a sweet or savoury dish made as a smooth, light mass in which the main ingredient is whipped with cream and egg white.
• "sponge topped with chocolate mousse"
• a mass of tiny bubbles that forms on the top of a glass of champagne or sparkling wine.
• "the Brut Réserve possesses a wonderful creamy mousse of small, compact bubbles"
• a light, foamy preparation used for styling hair.
• "apply a dollop of volumizing mousse to the roots and work it in towards the ends of your hair"
• a frothy brown emulsion of oil and seawater formed by weathering of an oil slick.
mousse
verb
• style (hair) using mousse.
• "mousse each section before winding on rollers"
Origin:
mid 19th century: from French, ‘moss or froth’.
