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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mouse /n. maʊs; v. maʊz/USA pronunciation n., pl. mice /maɪs/USA pronunciation v., moused, mous•ing.
n. [countable] - Mammalsa small rodent having a long, thin tail.
- a quiet, timid person:"Are you a man or a mouse?'' she yelled.
- Computinga palm-sized device equipped with one or more buttons, used to point at and select items on a computer display screen and to control the movement of the cursor:He used the mouse to move the cursor.
v. [no object] - to prowl about, as if in search of something:mousing around.
- to hunt for or catch mice.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mouse (n. mous;v. mouz),USA pronunciation n., pl. mice (mīs),USA pronunciation v., moused, mous•ing.
n. - Mammalsany of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, esp. 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.
- Computinga palm-sized, button-operated device that can be slid on wheels or ball bearings over a desktop to move the cursor on a CRT to any position, or slid over a drawing in order to recreate the drawing on a CRT. Cf. joystick (def. 2).
- Informal Termsa swelling under the eye, caused by a blow or blows;
black eye. - Slang Terms, Sex and Gendera girl or woman.
v.t. - to hunt out, as a cat hunts out mice.
- [Naut.]to secure with a mousing.
v.i. - 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.
- bef. 900; Middle English mous (plural mis), Old English mūs (plural mȳs); cognate with German Maus, Old Norse mūs, Latin mūs, Greek mŷs
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mouse n /maʊs/ ( pl mice /maɪs/)- any of numerous small long-tailed rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae that are similar to but smaller than rats
See also fieldmouse, harvest mouse, house mouse - any of various related rodents, such as the jumping mouse
- a quiet, timid, or cowardly person
- a hand-held device used to control the cursor movement and select computing functions without keying
- slang a black eye
vb /maʊz/- to stalk and catch (mice)
- (intransitive) to go about stealthily
Etymology: Old English mūs; compare Old Saxon mūs, German Maus, Old Norse mūs, Latin mūs, Greek mūsˈmouseˌlike adj |