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mousse

Definition

  • noun: a cold and sweet food made with whipped cream or egg whites and usually fruit or chocolate
  • noun: a light spongy food usually containing cream or gelatin
  • verb: to style (hair) with mousse

Examples

  • a jar of styling/hair 'mousse'

  • chocolate 'mousse'

  • a lemon 'mousse'

Movie quotes

  • (..) and we'll get... the foie gras with Roquefort-stuffed fig... Scottish wood pigeon with cabbage... and porcini cassoulet. And the chocolate mousse... with raspberries and hazelnut macaroon. You'll want to eat with me for the rest of your life. - Ah. (..)
    2005 In Her Shoes