mouse
IPA: mˈaʊs
noun
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
- (informal) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
- A quiet or shy person.
- (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.
- (computing) The cursor.
- (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
- (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
- (obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.
- A match used in firing guns or blasting.
- (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
- (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
- Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
- (US, metonymically, uncountable, with "the") The Walt Disney Company.
- A surname from German.
verb
- (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
- (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
- (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- (obsolete, nonce word, transitive) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
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Examples of "mouse" in Sentences
- The mouse eats walnuts.
- The cat is above the mouse.
- The mouse was caught in trap.
- Vultures eat mouse and chicks.
- The mouse punches the cat in the eye.
- Mouse click is a prelude to violence.
- Did you wiggle the mouse on the display
- The Lion and the Mouse is an Aesop's fable.
- The mouse escaped into the small interstice.
- Once that change is complete, the cat pounces upon the mouse and devours him.
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