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mouse noun (mice or in sense 3 mouses) 1 a any of various small rodents found worldwide, such as the fieldmouse and harvest mouse, with a grey or brown coat, pointed muzzle, bright eyes, sharp teeth and a long naked tail. Compare rat. b any of various similar animals, eg voles and shrews. 2 colloq a very shy, quiet or timid person. 3 computing an input device which can be moved around on a flat surface, causing a cursor (sense 1) to move around the computer screen in response. It has one or more buttons which are clicked (see click verb 4) to choose one of a number of specified options displayed. verb (moused, mousing) intrans 1 said of an animal, especially a cat: to hunt mice. 2 (especially mouse about or around) to prowl. mouser noun a cat that catches mice, or is kept especially for catching mice. mousing noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 1960s in sense 3; Anglo-Saxon mus; plural mys.