mouse

Pronunciation

noun

• (UK) (US) enPR: mous, IPA ^(key): /maʊs/

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verb

• (UK) (US) enPR: mous or mouz, IPA ^(key): /maʊs/ or /maʊz/
• (Canada) IPA ^(key): /mʌʊs/ or /mʌʊz/

Noun

Singular mouse

Plural mice

1. (countable) A mouse is a very small animal that is similar to a small rat.

   The mouse ran across the room.

2. (countable) (computing) A mouse is a device used to control a computer.

   He clicked his mouse.

• 
  A mouse
• 
  A computer mouse

Verb

Plain form mouse

Third-person singular mouses

Past tense moused

Past participle moused

Present participle mousing

1. (intransitive) If you mouse, you move around with caution; you move like a mouse.
2. (intransitive) If you mouse, you hunt for mice; you try to catch mice.

Related words

• mousy
• mousetrap
• mouse pad
• mouser