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mouse
[ noun mous; verb mouz ]
noun
- any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially 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.
- Computers. a palm-sized, button-operated pointing device that can be used to move, select, activate, and change items on a computer screen. Compare joystick ( def 2 ), stylus ( def 3 ).
- Informal. a swelling under the eye, caused by a blow or blows; black eye.
- Slang. a girl or woman.
verb (used with object)
- to hunt out, as a cat hunts out mice.
- Nautical. to secure with a mousing.
verb (used without object)
- 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.
- Computers. to use a mouse to move the cursor on a computer screen to any position.
mouse
noun
- 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 murine
- any of various related rodents, such as the jumping mouse
- a quiet, timid, or cowardly person
- computing a hand-held device used to control the cursor movement and select computing functions without keying
- slang.a black eye
- nautical another word for mousing
verb
- to stalk and catch (mice)
- intr to go about stealthily
- tr nautical to secure (a hook) with mousing
mouse
/ mous /
, Plural mice ³¾Ä«²õ
- A hand-held input device that is moved about on a flat surface to direct the cursor on a computer screen. It also has buttons for activating computer functions. The underside of a mechanical mouse contains a rubber-coated ball that rotates as the mouse is moved; optical sensors detect the motion and move the screen pointer correspondingly. An optical mouse is cordless and uses reflections from an LED to track the mouse's movement over a special reflective mat which is marked with a grid that acts as a frame of reference.
mouse
- A common device that allows the user to reposition an arrow on their computer screen in order to activate desired applications. The term mouse comes from the appearance of the device, with the cord to the main computer being seen as a tail of sorts.
Notes
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾´Ç³Ü²õ±ðËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾´Ç³Ü²õ±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mouse1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mouse1
Idioms and Phrases
see play cat and mouse ; poor as a churchmouse ; quiet as a mouse . Also see under mice .Example Sentences
At any point in the game you can rotate the controller, put it on a surface and use it like a mouse.
The inquiry heard evidence of "egregious hazards" to children, including serious damp, mould, and mice infestations, and families living in temporary housing for years.
But more interesting is that both controls can be used as a mouse, as with a PC, in supported games.
Instead, neuroscience has relied on the data gathered from doing such procedures on mouse and primate models.
The floor and foundation were falling apart, inviting hordes of mice and fleas.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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