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mouse

/maʊs/noun, verb1 syllable

Mouse means: to go stealthily or furtively.

Synonyms for mouse6

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

shiner, black eye

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

computer mouse

verb, as in to go stealthily or furtively

sneak, creep, pussyfoot

What does mouse mean?6

verb

1

to go stealthily or furtively“… stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house”

2

manipulate the mouse of a computer

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 mouse?5

one syllable

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Mouse in a sentence

  • When the cat is blind, the mouse becomes bold.sabretou
  • The faster the mouse, the bigger the churchyard.Goofy
  • The cat plays a game, but the mouse dies.sabretou
  • When the mouse is satiated, the flour is bitter.haimlevy
  • If it wasn't a mouse, what was it?CK
  • The mountains will labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be born.mhenderson5
  • The early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese!mramosch
  • The cat chased the mouse, but it couldn't catch it.marcelostockle

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of mouse

as a noun

plural
mice

as a verb

third-person singular
mouses
present participle
mousing
past participle
moused
past tense
moused