Mouse Definition

mous
mice, moused, mouses, mousing
noun
mice
Any of a large number of small, widespread rodents belonging to various families and having small ears and a long, thin tail, esp., a species (Mus musculus) that commonly infests buildings.
Webster's New World
Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.
American Heritage Medicine
A girl or young woman.
Webster's New World
A timid or spiritless person.
Webster's New World
A dark, swollen bruise under the eye; black eye.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
moused, mouses, mousing
To hunt for.
Webster's New World
To hunt for or catch mice.
Webster's New World
To seek about or search for something busily and stealthily.
Webster's New World
To tear or rend as a cat does a mouse.
Webster's New World
To hunt mice.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Mouse

Noun

Singular:
mouse
Plural:
mice

Origin of Mouse

  • Germanic cognates include Old Frisian mūs, Old Saxon mūs (Dutch muis), Old High German mūs (German Maus), Old Norse mús (Swedish mus, Danish mus, Norwegian mus, Icelandic mús, Faroese mús).

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  • Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek μῦς (mūs), Latin mūs, Armenian մուկ (muk), Old Church Slavonic мꙑшь (myšĭ) (Russian мышь (myšʹ)), Albanian , Persian موش (muš), Sanskrit मूष् (mūṣ)

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  • From Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English mous from Old English mūs mūs- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English mous from Old English mūs mūs- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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