mouse

Nouns

  • (n) any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
  • (n) a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye black eye, shiner,
  • (n) person who is quiet or timid
  • (n) 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
    computer mouse,

Verbs

  • (v) to go stealthily or furtively
    • ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
    pussyfoot, sneak, creep,
  • (v) manipulate the mouse of a computer

Synonyms

pussyfoot sneak creep black eye shiner computer mouse

See also

slip away sneak away sneak off sneak out steal away

Words of close approximity

mousy
moue
mould moult mound mount mourn mousy mouth
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