any 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.Compare joystick (def. 2), stylus (def. 3).
Informal. a swelling under the eye, caused by a blow or blows; black eye.
Slang. a girl or woman.
verb (used with object),moused,mous·ing.
to hunt out, as a cat hunts out mice.
Nautical. to secure with a mousing.
verb (used without object),moused,mous·ing.
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.
Origin of mouse
before 900; Middle English mous (plural mis), Old English mūs (plural mȳs); cognate with German Maus,Old Norse mūs,Latin mūs,Greek mŷs
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Oatley has demonstrated his technique in mice but faces challenges with livestock.
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So Western governments are caught in a cat-and-mouse game and at times it is unclear who is the cat and who the mouse.
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Even the original score to the song labels the singing parts, “Mouse” (the woman) and “Wolf” (the man).
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In another study, children saw a puppet show where a mouse was eaten by an alligator.
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This happened and that happened and if the news arrived at Key West as a mouse, it was often enough cabled north as an elephant.
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And before I finished the teaching, not a mouse would come to my table, no matter how persuasively I squeaked.
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A Lion asleep in his lair was waked up by a Mouse running over his face.
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Diana, fancy if you can my extreme horror at finding a mouse drowned in that pudding sauce!
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British Dictionary definitions for mouse
mouse
noun (maʊs) pluralmice (maɪs)
any of numerous small long-tailed rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae that are similar to but smaller than ratsSee also fieldmouse, harvest mouse, house mouse Related adjective: murine
any of various related rodents, such as the jumping mouse
a quiet, timid, or cowardly person
computinga hand-held device used to control the cursor movement and select computing functions without keying
slanga black eye
nautical another word for mousing
verb (maʊz)
to stalk and catch (mice)
(intr)to go about stealthily
(tr)nauticalto secure (a hook) with mousing
Derived forms of mouse
mouselike, adjective
Word Origin for mouse
Old English mūs; compare Old Saxon mūs, German Maus, Old Norse mūs, Latin mūs, Greek mūs
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.
notes for mouse
The user usually sends signals to the computer when the user depresses or “clicks” a switch. A number of slang terms, such as “click on X” or “click and drag” have arisen from the appearance of symbols on a screen when a mouse is used.
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.