mouse

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

Germanic cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Indo-European cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,🇨🇬,🇨🇬.

The computing sense was and first used publicly in a publication titled "Computer-Aided Display Control", in reference to the similarity with the animal.

Pronunciation

 * Noun


 * Verb

Noun

 * 1) Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
 * 2)  A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
 * 3) A quiet or shy person.
 * 4)   (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
 * (that is, move the mouse so that the pointer moves over the icon)
 * 1)  A facial hematoma or black eye.
 * 2)  A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
 * 3) A match used in firing guns or blasting.
 * 4)  A small model of (a fragment of)  with desirable properties (depending on the context).
 * 5)  A small cushion for a woman's hair.
 * 6) Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
 * 1)  A small model of (a fragment of)  with desirable properties (depending on the context).
 * 2)  A small cushion for a woman's hair.
 * 3) Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.

Verb

 * 1)  To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
 * 2)  To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. 1
 * 3)  To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
 * 4)  To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
 * 5)  To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
 * 1)  To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
 * 1)  To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
 * 1)  To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Luxembourgish: mausen


 * Bulgarian: ловя мишки
 * Dutch: muizen vangen
 * Finnish: hiirestää, pyydystää hiiriä
 * Galician: ,
 * German:, Mäuse fangen
 * Luxembourgish: mausen
 * Middle English: mowsyn, musen
 * Russian: лови́ть мышей
 * Volapük:

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  mouse

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Noun

 * 1)   (for a PC)

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Noun

 * 1)   input device used to move a pointer on the screen
 * 2)  pointer; cursor moving icon that indicates the position of the mouse
 * 1)  pointer; cursor moving icon that indicates the position of the mouse

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Noun

 * 1)   (for a PC)

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