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mice

/maɪs/noun1 syllable

Mice means: a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye.

Synonyms for mice4

noun, as in a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

shiner, black eye, mouse

noun, as in 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 device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad

mouse, computer mouse

noun, as in any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

noun, as in person who is quiet or timid

What does mice mean?4

noun

1

a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

2

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 device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad“a mouse takes much more room than a trackball”

3

any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

4

person who is quiet or timid

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with mice?18

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Mice in a sentence

  • When the cat is away, the mice will play.CK
  • Mice are rodents and rats are rodents, too.Amastan
  • While the cat's away, the mice will play.CK
  • Mummy, who's terrified of mice, had two fears to cope with.Jesse
  • If mice flew, they would look like birds.JeanM
  • Rabbits, rats and mice can reproduce extraordinarily quickly.CM
  • In the attic, insects and mice were my companions.Amastan
  • When the cat's away, the mice do play.Eldad

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