Mouse
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Pronunciation
Etymology
- Old English mus, from Latin mus.
Noun
mouse (plural: mice [1,3], mouses[3])
- A small rodent of the genus Mus.
- A shy person, mouse-like.
- (computers) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface for the purpose of positioning a cursor on a graphical display (compare joystick, trackpad, laptop nipple).
Notes
[3] (computers) The plural of mouse is sometimes, though rarely, mouses.
Example:
- Please order 5 more mouses for the department computers.
Related terms
Translations
- Albanian: miu
- Basque: sagu
- Belarusian: мыш
- Bosnian: miš m (1, 3)
- Breton: logodenn f (1, 2)
- Bulgarian: мишка (miška)
- Catalan: ratolí (1, 2)
- Cebuano: ilaga
- Chinese Characters: 鼠 (shǔ)
- Chinese: 老鼠 / 鼠 (shǔ)
- Croatian: miš
- Czech: myš f (1, 2), myšák m
- Danish: mus
- Dutch: muis f, computermuis f (3)
- Esperanto: muso
- Estonian: hiir
- Faroese: mús
- Finnish: kotihiiri (1), hiiri (1, 2, 3)
- French: souris (1, 2) f
- Frisian: mûs
- Friulian: surîs, surie
- Galician: rato
- German: Maus f (1, 2)
- Greek: σταχτοποντικός
- Hungarian: egér
- Icelandic: mús, hagamús
- Indonesian: tikus (1), mouse komputer (3)
- Interlingua: mus, mure (1)
- Irish: luch thí
- Italian: topo m (1), sorcio m (1), ratto m (1)
- Japanese: 鼠 (ねずみ, nezumi) (1), マウス (mausu) (3)
- KiSwahili: panya
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- Korean: 쥐 (jwi)
- Ladin: soricia
- Latin: mus
- Latvian: pele
- Lithuanian: pelė
- Lower Sorbian: myš, myška
- Macedonian: глушец (glušec)
- Maltese: ġurdien
- Norwegian: mus
- Occitan: mirga
- Persian: موش (muš) (1), موشی (muši) (2)
- Polish: mysz f (1), mysz, myszka komputerowa (3)
- Portuguese: camundongo m (1); rato caseiro (1), ratinho (1), Port. rato m (2); Bras. mouse m (2)
- Romanian: şoarece
- Romansh: mieur
- Romany: xurtso m, xurtsaika f
- Russian: мышь (myš') f
- Sami: sáhpán
- Sardinian: medrona, topi, sórixi
- Scottish: luch
- Serbian: миш (miš)
- Slovak: myš
- Slovene: miš f (1), mišjak m (1), mišak m (1)
- Spanish: ratón m (1,2), mouse m (2)
- Sundanese: beurit
- Swedish: mus
- Tagalog: daga
- Tok Pisin: liklik rat
- Turkish: fare
- Ukrainian: миша (miša)
- Upper Sorbian: myš, myška
- Welsh: llygoden
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Transitive verb
to mouse
- (naut.) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
Ex.
Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack
Intransitive verb
to mouse
- To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (1). Frequently used in the phrase mouse around.
- To operate a computer using a mouse (2).
- To hunt or catch mice (1).
See also
Adjective
mouse, mousy
- A grey colour.
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