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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