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Mouse Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mouse? [n] any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails [n] 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 mouse is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball" [v] manipulate the mouse of a computer [v] to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mouse: creep \| pussyfoot \| sneak \| steal Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mouse: baby \| bantam \| banty \| big baby \| black eye \| black-and-blue mark \| bruise \| busybody \| button \| chick \| chicken \| chicken liver \| chit \| contusion \| coward \| creep \| diminutive \| ecchymosis \| featherweight \| fingerling \| fraid-cat \| fraidy-cat \| funk \| funker \| gal \| girl \| glide \| invertebrate \| jellyfish \| lady friend \| lass \| lightweight \| lily liver \| milksop \| Milquetoast \| mini \| minikin \| minnow \| minny \| modest violet \| nose \| nubbin \| peewee \| poke \| pony \| pry \| runt \| scaredy-cat \| shiner \| shrimp \| shrinking violet \| sissy \| slide \| slip \| small fry \| snip \| snippet \| snook \| tit \| wart \| weak sister \| weakling \| white feather \| white liver \| wisp See Also \| electronic device \| field mouse \| fieldmouse \| gnawer \| gnawing animal \| harvest mouse \| house mouse \| manipulate \| Micromyx minutus \| mouse button \| Mus musculus \| nude mouse \| rodent \| slip away \| sneak away \| sneak off \| sneak out \| steal away \| walk \| wood mouse Mouse In Webster's Dictionary \Mouse\ (mous), n.; pl. {Mice} (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus, AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. & Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr. my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf. {Muscle}, {Musk}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus {Mus} and various related genera of the family {Murid[ae]}. 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. (Naut.) (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping. (b) Same as 2d {Mousing}, 2. 3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak. 4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang] 5. A match used in firing guns or blasting. {Field mouse}, {Flying mouse}, etc. See under {Field}, {Flying}, etc. {Mouse bird} (Zo["o]l.), a coly. {Mouse deer} (Zo["o]l.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil. {Mouse galago} (Zo["o]l.), a very small West American galago ({Galago murinus}). In color and size it resembles a mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel. {Mouse hawk}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A hawk that devours mice. (b) The hawk owl; -- called also {mouse owl}. {Mouse lemur} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of very small lemurs of the genus {Chirogaleus}, found in Madagascar. {Mouse piece} (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter; -- called also {mouse buttock}. \Mouse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mousing}.] 1. To watch for and catch mice. 2. To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something. \Mouse\, v. t. 1. To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. [Obs.] ``[Death] mousing the flesh of men.'' --Shak. 2. (Naut.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See {Mouse}, n., 2.

Mouse Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mouse?

[n] any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
[n] 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 mouse is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball"
[v] manipulate the mouse of a computer
[v] to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mouse: creep | pussyfoot | sneak | steal

Mouse In Webster's Dictionary

\Mouse\ (mous), n.; pl. {Mice} (m[imac]s). [OE. mous, mus,
AS. m[=u]s, pl. m[=y]s; akin to D. muis, G. maus, OHG. &
Icel. m[=u]s, Dan. muus, Sw. mus, Russ. muishe, L. mus, Gr.
my^s, Skr. m[=u]sh mouse, mush to steal. [root]277. Cf.
{Muscle}, {Musk}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
   belonging to the genus {Mus} and various related genera of
   the family {Murid[ae]}. 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. (Naut.)
   (a) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to
       prevent a running eye from slipping.
   (b) Same as 2d {Mousing}, 2.

3. A familiar term of endearment. --Shak.

4. A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow. [Slang]

5. A match used in firing guns or blasting.

{Field mouse}, {Flying mouse}, etc. See under {Field},
   {Flying}, etc.

{Mouse bird} (Zo["o]l.), a coly.

{Mouse deer} (Zo["o]l.), a chevrotain, as the kanchil.

{Mouse galago} (Zo["o]l.), a very small West American galago
   ({Galago murinus}). In color and size it resembles a
   mouse. It has a bushy tail like that of a squirrel.

{Mouse hawk}. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A hawk that devours mice.
   (b) The hawk owl; -- called also {mouse owl}.

{Mouse lemur} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of very
   small lemurs of the genus {Chirogaleus}, found in
   Madagascar.

{Mouse piece} (Cookery), the piece of beef cut from the part
   next below the round or from the lower part of the latter;
   -- called also {mouse buttock}.


\Mouse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Moused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mousing}.]
1. To watch for and catch mice.

2. To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry
   about, on the lookout for something.


\Mouse\, v. t.
1. To tear, as a cat devours a mouse. [Obs.] ``[Death]
   mousing the flesh of men.'' --Shak.

2. (Naut.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a
   mousing. See {Mouse}, n., 2.

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