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mouse
  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 straightening out.
  7. (obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.
  8. A match used in firing guns or blasting.
  9. (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “I see a little mouse with clogs on going clip-clippety-clop on the stair. Right there!”
      “Move the mouse so that you position the mouse pointer over a particular location on the screen.”
mousing
  1. The act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above.
  2. (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 straightening out.
  3. A ratchet movement in a loom.
mousehole
  1. A hole through which a mouse enters a room
  2. (oil industry, drilling) The storage area on a drilling rig where the next joint of drilling pipe is held until needed.
  3. Examples:
    1. “A city mouse who had visited his country cousin liked it so much that he sold his city pad and bought himself a rural mousehole instead.”
      “Nothing was different except for a large mousehole shape gap in the bottom of the awning where the intrepid explorer had made his escape.”
      “Field pointed to what looked like a mousehole and dropped a marble down it.”
mouser
  1. A cat that catches mice, kept specifically for the purpose.
  2. (chiefly Scotland, US) A moustache.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “In the tenth century a kitten in England was worth one penny, or fourpence if a proven mouser.”
      “He is a great bird dog, and mouser, too, but not the most handsome dog ever.”
      “After some weeks of care, this wild animal became a fat, contented Surrey mouser.”
mouseling
  1. A small mouse.
  2. A baby mouse.
mousekin
  1. A little mouse.
  2. A baby mouse.
mouselook
  1. (video game) A feature that allows the player to adjust the view of a three-dimensional playfield by moving the mouse, analogous to turning one's head in reality.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The mouselook is easy to code once you understand how a mouse operates. All we have to do is use the keys to change our position, and use the mouse to reorient our viewpoint.”
mousepox
  1. A skin disease of mice, similar to smallpox, caused by the poxvirus species Ectromelia virus.
mouseclick
  1. The action of clicking a button on a computer mouse.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I performed a swift mouseclick to open the application on my computer.”
mousery
  1. (rare) A place where mice are kept and bred.
mousework
  1. (computing) Activities requiring the use of a mouse (input device).
mousesicle
  1. (humorous) A cold or frozen mouse.
mousedom
  1. The state or essence of being a mouse.
  2. Synonyms:
mousehood
  1. The state or essence of being a mouse.
  2. Synonyms:
mouseness
  1. The quality of being a mouse.
mousiness
  1. The property of being mousy.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The most powerful instrument of control is the seven-year probationary period, in which the faint-hearted learn the arts of mousiness.”
      “Samuel Owen's Winston Smith strikes a nice balance between pathetic mousiness and nobility.”
      “Brettanomyces yeasts impart an unpleasant mousiness to the finished wine that can make it completely undrinkable.”
mousie
  1. (diminutive) A mouse.
  2. Examples:
    1. “While he enjoys getting cuddles and playing with his toy mousie, he's a certified Space Cat who has aspirations of exploring outer space.”
      “But after the water rat insults Miss Mousie, she flees home to her burrow in shame.”
      “They like being fed, and they like playing with Fake Mousie On A String, but what they like best of all is snuggle time.”
mouses
  1. (computing) plural of mouse As used as a computer peripheral.
mouseclicks
mousesicles
  1. plural of mousesicle
mouseholes
  1. plural of mousehole
mouselings
  1. plural of mouseling
mousekins
  1. plural of mousekin
mousings
  1. plural of mousing
mouseries
  1. plural of mousery
mice
  1. plural form of mouse
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The kidneys of kangaroo mice are very efficient, and fat is stored in their tails.”
      “But in 1996, a Swiss animal behaviourist noticed that mice and rats reared this way might actually be decidedly abnormal.”
      “Activity is only observed from March to October, suggesting the kangaroo mice may hibernate.”
mousies
  1. plural of mousie
mousers
  1. plural of mouser
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Long-tailed weasels are good mousers and ratters, so farmers do not mind having weasels around their farms because they eliminate these pests.”
      “Among the many stories preserved in these tombs is the history of how wild cats first became mousers, then house pets, then gods.”
      “Still others assert that Norwegian Vikings, who wreaked havoc on the coasts of Europe and beyond from the 8th to the 10th centuries, kept forest cats as mousers and pets.”
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