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[n. mous; v. mouz] 
noun, plural mice [mahys] , verb, moused, mous⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, esp. of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world. |
| 2. | any similar small animal of various rodent and marsupial families. |
| 3. | a quiet, timid person. |
| 4. | Computers. a palm-sized, button-operated device that can be slid on wheels or ball bearings over a desktop to move the cursor on a CRT to any position, or slid over a drawing in order to recreate the drawing on a CRT. Compare joystick (def. 2). |
| 5. | Informal. a swelling under the eye, caused by a blow or blows; black eye. |
| 6. | Slang. a girl or woman. |
–verb (used with object)
| 7. | to hunt out, as a cat hunts out mice. |
| 8. | Nautical. to secure with a mousing. |
–verb (used without object)
| 9. | to hunt for or catch mice. |
| 10. | to prowl about, as if in search of something: The burglar moused about for valuables. |
| 11. | to seek or search stealthily or watchfully, as if for prey. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME mous (pl. mis), OE mūs (pl. mȳs); c. G Maus, ON mūs, L mūs, Gk mŷs
bef. 900; ME mous (pl. mis), OE mūs (pl. mȳs); c. G Maus, ON mūs, L mūs, Gk mŷs
Related forms:
mouselike, adjective
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| mice (mīs) n. Plural of mouse. |
| mouse (mous) n. pl. mice (mīs)
[Middle English mous, from Old English mūs; see mūs- in Indo-European roots.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Mice
Mice\, n., pl of Mouse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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| mouse (mous) Pronunciation Key
Plural mice (mīs) or mouses 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. |
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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mice
mouse
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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mice
see best-laid plans of mice and men; when the cat's away, mice will play. Also see under mouse.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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