Meaning

1 senses

  1. To apply mousse (styling cream).

    He moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.

    apply a styling gel to

Examples

10 sentences

  1. I still haven't finished my chocolate mousse.

    deIch habe mein Schokoladenmousse noch nicht fertiggegessen. — cost

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  2. Michael watched his dad make chocolate mousse.

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  3. What gives this chocolate mousse its luscious smoothness?

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  4. Michael made a second batch of chocolate mousse.

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  5. He added a layer of chocolate mousse to the cake.

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Origin

From French mousse (“foam, froth”), from Old French mosse (“moss”), from Frankish or Old D

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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Forms

mousses, moussing, moussed, moussed
Base formmousse · to mousse
3rd person singularmousses
Present participlemoussing
Past simplemoussed
Past participlemoussed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymousse
he, she, itmousses

Past simpleLesson

all personsmoussed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave moussed
he, she, ithas moussed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mousse

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • apply a styling gel to:gel

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mouseA1mousetrapmoussakamoustacheB2mousymouthA1
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