computinga small object that you move in order to do things on a computer screen. When you press on a part of the mouse, you click on it. You also click on things on the computer screen itself, using a mouse
Click on the left mouse button.
Synonyms and related words
General computer equipment and parts
accelerated graphics port
accelerator card
ADC
3
informalsomeone who is quiet and prefers not to be noticed
Synonyms and related words
People who are shy or prefer to be alone
loner
hermit
recluse
4
like minding mice at a crossroads
humorousIrish
said of trying to organise something that is tricky
Getting all the paperwork together is like minding mice at a crossroads
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 23/01/2019
phrases
quiet as a mouse
mouse
noun countable
US /maʊs/
Other entries for this word
mouseverb
mouse padnoun
field mousenoun
Mickey Mouseadjective
mouse buttonnoun
mouse-drivenadjective
mouse potatonoun
optical mousenoun
cat and mousenoun
quiet as a mousephrase
Word Forms
singular
mouse
plural
mice
DEFINITIONS4
1
a small furry animal with a long tail
The cat’s caught another mouse.
Synonyms and related words
Animals found on more than one continent
angora
anteater
antelope
2
plural
mouses or mice
computinga small object that you move in order to do things on a computer screen. When you press on a part of the mouse, you click on it. You also click on things on the computer screen itself, using a mouse
Click on the left mouse button.
Synonyms and related words
General computer equipment and parts
accelerated graphics port
accelerator card
ADC
3
informalsomeone who is quiet and prefers not to be noticed
Synonyms and related words
People who are shy or prefer to be alone
loner
hermit
recluse
4
like minding mice at a crossroads
humorousIrish
said of trying to organise something that is tricky
Getting all the paperwork together is like minding mice at a crossroads
Submitted from: United Kingdom on 23/01/2019
phrases
quiet as a mouse
mouse
verb
UK /maʊs/
Other entries for this word
mousenoun
mouse matnoun
Mickey Mouseadjective
mouse buttonnoun
mouse-drivenadjective
mouse potatonoun
cat and mousenoun
quiet as a mousephrase
phrasal verb
mouse over
transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
mouse over
he/she/it
mouses over
present participle
mousing over
past tense
moused over
past participle
moused over
computing
1
to move the cursor over writing or a picture on a computer screen using the mouse
Synonyms and related words
To use a computer keyboard, mouse or screen
backspace
click
click
mouse
verb
US /maʊs/
Other entries for this word
mousenoun
mouse padnoun
field mousenoun
Mickey Mouseadjective
mouse buttonnoun
mouse-drivenadjective
mouse potatonoun
optical mousenoun
cat and mousenoun
quiet as a mousephrase
phrasal verb
mouse over
transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
mouse over
he/she/it
mouses over
present participle
mousing over
past tense
moused over
past participle
moused over
computing
1
to move the cursor over writing or a picture on a computer screen using the mouse