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mouse

noun verb

any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
M
Ends with
E
Contains
OU
Scrabble score
7
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

maʊs

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

noun

  1. a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad

    “a mouse takes much more room than a trackball”

noun

  1. person who is quiet or timid

noun

  1. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

verb

  1. manipulate the mouse of a computer

verb

  1. to go stealthily or furtively

    “… stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house”

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Example Sentences

a mouse takes much more room than a trackball
… stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house

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