Mouse (programming language)
WordNet
noun
(1) Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
(2) 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"
(3) Person who is quiet or timid
(4) A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
verb
(5) Manipulate the mouse of a computer
(6) To go stealthily or furtively
"..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
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Etymology
From , from , from , from .
Germanic cognates include Old Frisian , Old Saxon (Dutch ), Old High German (German ), Old Norse (Swedish , Danish , Norwegian , Icelandic , Faroese ).
Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek , Latin , Armenian , Old Church Slavonic (Russian ), Albanian , Persian , Sanskrit
Noun
- Any small rodent of the genus Mus
- A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
- A quiet or shy person.
- (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
Verb
- To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- To hunt or catch mice (the rodents).
- To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
- Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.