mousenoun
uk/maʊs/us/maʊs/plural micemouse noun (ANIMAL)
A2 [ C ] a small mammal with short fur, a pointed face, and a long tail:
a field mouse
a pet mouse
More examples
- The mouse looked around the room inquisitively.
- A mouse has nibbled through the computer cables.
- The mouse scurried across the floor.
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Rodents & similar animals
- beaver
- bunny
- chinchilla
- chipmunk
- coney
- cony
- coypu
- gopher
- groundhog
- guinea pig
- hamster
- hare
- marmot
- mice
- mole
- prairie dog
- rabbit
- rat
- vole
- woodchuck
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mouse noun (COMPUTER)
A2 [ C ] a small device that you move across a surface in order to move a cursor on your computer screen
Examples
- You can move the cursor either by using the mouse or by using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
- Once you get the feel of it, using a mouse is easy.
- Computer expert? He doesn't know a mouse from a modem !
- A mouse is a device which makes it easier to select different options from computer menus.
- Select the function you require by pointing to the toggle with the mouse and then clicking.
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Computer hardware
- 3-D printer
- blackberry
- brick
- bubblejet
- codec
- handheld
- joypad
- Macintosh
- micro
- microcomputer
- motherboard
- ram
- shift key
- storage device
- tablet
- toggle
- trackball
- underscore
- VDT
- word processor
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mouse noun (PERSON)
[ C usually singular ] a shy, quiet, nervous person
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Shy and modest
- aw shucks
- backward
- bashful
- be backward in coming forward idiom
- coy
- efface
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inhibited
- inhibition
- introvert
- modest
- reticent
- self-effacing
- selfless
- shrinking violet
- shyly
- shyness
- withdraw
- withdrawal
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