mouse
1. any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails (Freq. 14) • Derivationally related forms: mousy, mousey • Hypernyms: rodent, gnawer • Hyponyms: house mouse, Mus musculus, harvest mouse, Micromyx minutus, field mouse, fieldmouse, nude mouse, wood mouse 2. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye • Syn: shiner, black eye • Hypernyms: bruise, contusion 3. 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 • Syn: computer mouse • Hypernyms: electronic device • Part Meronyms: mouse button 4. person who is quiet or timid • Derivationally related forms: mousy, mousey • Hypernyms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
1. to go stealthily or furtively - ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house • Syn: sneak, creep, pussyfoot • See Also: sneak away (for: sneak), sneak out (for: sneak) • Derivationally related forms: creep (for: creep), creeper (for: creep), sneak (for: sneak) • Hypernyms: walk • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s PP 2. manipulate the mouse of a computer • Hypernyms: manipulate • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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