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mouse
[mous, mouz]
noun
plural
miceany of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
any similar small animal of various rodent and marsupial families.
a quiet, timid person.
Computers.a palm-sized, button-operated pointing device that can be used to move, select, activate, and change items on a computer screen.
Informal.a swelling under the eye, caused by a blow or blows; black eye.
Slang.a girl or woman.
verb (used with object)
to hunt out, as a cat hunts out mice.
Nautical.to secure with a mousing.
verb (used without object)
to hunt for or catch mice.
to prowl about, as if in search of something.
The burglar moused about for valuables.
to seek or search stealthily or watchfully, as if for prey.
Computers.to use a mouse to move the cursor on a computer screen to any position.
mouse
noun
any of numerous small long-tailed rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae that are similar to but smaller than rats See also fieldmouse harvest mouse house mouse
any of various related rodents, such as the jumping mouse
a quiet, timid, or cowardly person
computing a hand-held device used to control the cursor movement and select computing functions without keying
slanga black eye
nautical another word for mousing
verb
to stalk and catch (mice)
(intr) to go about stealthily
(tr) nautical to secure (a hook) with mousing
mouse
A hand-held input device that is moved about on a flat surface to direct the cursor on a computer screen. It also has buttons for activating computer functions. The underside of a mechanical mouse contains a rubber-coated ball that rotates as the mouse is moved; optical sensors detect the motion and move the screen pointer correspondingly. An optical mouse is cordless and uses reflections from an LED to track the mouse's movement over a special reflective mat which is marked with a grid that acts as a frame of reference.
mouse
A common device that allows the user to reposition an arrow on their computer screen in order to activate desired applications. The term mouse comes from the appearance of the device, with the cord to the main computer being seen as a tail of sorts.
Other Word Forms
- mouselike adjective
- ˈdzܲˌ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of mouse1
Word History and Origins
Origin of mouse1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
To illustrate to prank, Dahl drew a mouse lying on top of the sweets with its legs in the air.
I’m eager, for one, to see how its controllers, the detachable “Joy-Cons,” evolve, as they now have the ability to act as a mouse.
Now, Trump is pouncing on L.A. like a cat on a mouse.
Less than a mile from where she disappeared from, press photographers with long lenses trying to get pictures are playing cat and mouse with officers from the Policia Judiciaria - the Portuguese equivalent of the FBI.
Different viruses can cure diabetes in mice; reduce the risk of a really nasty virus, Ebola, proving fatal in humans; or prevent HIV progressing to AIDS.
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