mousse

1. 1.

   apply a styling gel to

   “she mousses her hair”

   Synonymsgel

   Broadergroom

Other forms of mousse

plural

mousses·

past tense

moussed·

present participle

moussing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mousse

What does mousse mean?

mousse means "a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mousse?

mousse has 1 syllable: mousse. In IPA it is /ˈmus/.

What is another word for mousse?

Close synonyms include hair mousse, gel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mousse a common word?

mousse is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mousse?

1 word rhymes with mousse. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.