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Word: mouse (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Any small rodent of the genus ''Mus''
  • A quiet or shy person.
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  • 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.
  • informal A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.

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Verb:

  • transitive|nautical To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
  • intransitive To hunt or catch mice (the rodents).
  • intransitive To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (''frequently used in the phrasal verb'' '''to mouse around''').

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