mouse

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English[edit]

A mouse (rodent).
A computer mouse.

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

cognates

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian mūs, Old Saxon mūs (Dutch muis), Old High German mūs (German Maus), Old Norse mús (Swedish mus, Danish mus, Norwegian mus, Icelandic mús, Faroese mús).

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek μῦς (mūs), Latin mūs, Armenian մուկ (muk), Old Church Slavonic мꙑшь (myšĭ) (Russian мышь), Albanian mī, Persian موش (muš), Sanskrit मूष् (mūṣ)

Noun[edit]

mouse (plural mice)

  1. Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
  2. (informal) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
  3. A quiet or shy person.
  4. (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.
  5. (boxing) Hematoma.
  6. (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out.

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Terms derived from the noun mouse

Translations[edit]

rodent of the genus Mus
shy person
computing: input device
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Verb[edit]

mouse (third-person singular simple present mouses, present participle mousing, simple past and past participle moused)

  1. (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
  2. (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.
  3. (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
    Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.
  4. (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
    • 1988, MacUser: Volume 4
      I had just moused to the File menu and the pull-down menu repeated the menu bar's hue a dozen shades lighter.
    • 2009, Daniel Tunkelang, Faceted Search (page 35)
      Unlike the Flamenco work, the Relation Browser allows users to quickly explore a document space using dynamic queries issued by mousing over facet elements in the interface.
  5. (obsolete, nonce word, transitive) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
    • Shakespeare
      [Death] mousing the flesh of men.

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terms derived from mouse (verb)

Translations[edit]

to mouse around
to catch mice
to close the mouth of a hook

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Noun[edit]

mouse m (invariable)

  1. (computing) mouse (for a PC)

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Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

mouse m (plural mouses)

  1. (Brazilian Portuguese, computing) mouse (for a PC)
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