moused; mousing
1
: to search for carefully
—usually used with out
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Examples of mouse in a Sentence
a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden
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Keeping the keyboard and mouse close to avoid overreaching.
Taking a brief movement or stretching break every 30 to 60 minutes.
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Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 18 June 2025
Transitioning to mouse mode by simply placing the controller on a table made a potentially confusing input so much more intuitive.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 June 2025
Meanwhile, Arakawa's death at 65 is attributed to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a disease usually contracted from exposure to mouse droppings that affects the lungs.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Such original approaches to mouse controls could be Nintendo's secret weapon on the Switch 2, and developers are already coming up with more inventive uses for the tech than simply bringing a cursor to console gaming.
—Matt Kamen, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2025
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Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 18 June 2025
Transitioning to mouse mode by simply placing the controller on a table made a potentially confusing input so much more intuitive.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 June 2025
Meanwhile, Arakawa's death at 65 is attributed to hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a disease usually contracted from exposure to mouse droppings that affects the lungs.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Such original approaches to mouse controls could be Nintendo's secret weapon on the Switch 2, and developers are already coming up with more inventive uses for the tech than simply bringing a cursor to console gaming.
—Matt Kamen, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mouse
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“Mouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mouse. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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mouse
1 of 2 noun
plural mice
ˈmīs 
1
: any of numerous small rodents with pointed snout, rather small ears, and a slender usually nearly hairless tail
2
: a person without spirit or courage
3
: a small hand-operated device used for computer input (as to control cursor movement on the display screen)
mouse
2 of 2 verb
moused; mousing
1
: to hunt mice
2
: to search or move slyly and carefully (as a cat hunting mice)
3
: to search for carefully
mouse out a scandal
Medical Definition
mouse
noun
plural mice
ˈmīs
1
: any of numerous small rodents with pointed snout, rather small ears, elongated body, and slender hairless or sparsely haired tail, including all the smaller members of the genus Mus (as the medically significant house mouse, M. musculus) and many members of other rodent genera and families having little more in common than their relatively small size
2
: a dark-colored swelling caused by a blow
specifically
: black eye
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