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Definition of Mouse
1. Verb. To go stealthily or furtively. "The children mouse to the playground"; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
Generic synonyms: Walk
Derivative terms: Creep, Creeper, Sneak
Also: Sneak Away, Sneak Out
2. Noun. Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails.
Specialized synonyms: House Mouse, Mus Musculus, Harvest Mouse, Micromyx Minutus, Field Mouse, Fieldmouse, Nude Mouse, Wood Mouse
Derivative terms: Mousey, Mousy
3. Verb. Manipulate the mouse of a computer.
4. Noun. A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye.
5. Noun. Person who is quiet or timid.
Derivative terms: Mousey, Mousy
6. Noun. A hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad. "A mouse takes much more room than a trackball"
Definition of Mouse
1. n. Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed, or deer, mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.
2. v. i. To watch for and catch mice.
3. v. t. To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
Definition of Mouse
1. Noun. Any small rodent of the genus ''Mus'' ¹
2. Noun. (informal) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent. ¹
3. Noun. A quiet or shy person. ¹
4. Noun. (computing) (''plural'' '''mice''' ''or, rarely,'' '''mouses''') An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display. ¹
5. Noun. (boxing) hematoma ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (''frequently used in the phrasal verb'' '''to mouse around'''). ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire. ¹
9. Verb. (intransitive computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mouse
1. a small rodent [n MICE] / to catch mice [v MOUSED, MOUSING, MOUSES]
Medical Definition of Mouse
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Origin: OE. Mous, mus, AS. Mus, pl. M