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See also:mouše

English

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House mouse (Mus musculus) (rodent).
A computer mouse.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmous, fromOld Englishmūs, fromProto-West Germanic*mūs, fromProto-Germanic*mūs, fromProto-Indo-European*múHs.

Cognates

Germanic cognates includeOld Frisianmūs,Old Saxonmūs (German Low GermanMuus),Dutchmuis,Old High Germanmūs (GermanMaus),Old Norsemús (Swedishmus,Danishmus,Norwegianmus,Icelandicmús,Faroesemús).

Indo-European cognates includeAncient Greekμῦς(mûs),Latinmūs,Spanishmur,Armenianմուկ(muk),Old Church Slavonicмꙑшь(myšĭ) (Russianмышь(myšʹ)),Albanianmi,Persianموش(muš),Northern Kurdishmişk,Sanskritमूष्(mūṣ).

The computing sense wascoined by American engineerBill English in 1965 and first used publicly in a publication titled "Computer-Aided Display Control", in reference to the similarity with the animal.

Pronunciation

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Verb

Noun

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mouse (pluralmiceor(computing)mouses)

  2. Any smallrodent of thegenusMus.
    • 1892,Walter Besant, chapter II, inThe Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.:Harper & Brothers, […],→OCLC:
      At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour themice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
  3. (informal) A member of the many small rodent andmarsupial species resembling such a rodent.
  4. A quiet orshy person.
  6. (computing) (pluralmiceormouses) Aninputdevice that is moved over apad or otherflatsurface to produce a corresponding movement of apointer on agraphicaldisplay.
    move themouse over the icon
    (that is, move the mouse so that the pointer moves over the icon)
  7. (boxing) Afacialhematoma orblack eye.
  8. (nautical) Aturn orlashing ofspunyarn or small stuff, or ametallicclasp orfastening, uniting thepoint andshank of ahook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
  9. (obsolete)A familiar term of endearment.
    • c.1599–1602,William Shakespeare,Hamlet, act 3, scene 4:
      Let the bloat King tempt you again to bed, / Pinch wanton on your cheek, call you hismouse
  10. Amatch used in firing guns or blasting.
  11. (set theory) A smallmodel of (afragment of)Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
  12. (historical) A smallcushion for a woman'shair.
  13. Part of ahind leg ofbeef, next to theround.
    Synonym:mouse buttock

Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Terms derived frommouse (noun)

Related terms

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Descendants

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Descendants

Translations

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rodent of the genusMus
shy person
computing: input device
black eye
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Verb

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mouse (third-person singular simple presentmouses,present participlemousing,simple past and past participlemoused)

  1. (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in thephrasal verbtomouse around).
  2. (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.[from 12th c.]
  3. (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of ahook by a careful binding ofmarline or wire.
    Captain Higginsmoused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.
  4. (intransitive, computing) Tonavigate by means of a computer mouse.
    • 1988,MacUser, volume 4:
      I had justmoused to the File menu and the pull-down menu repeated the menu bar's hue a dozen shades lighter.
    • 2009, Daniel Tunkelang,Faceted Search, page35:
      Unlike the Flamenco work, the Relation Browser allows users to quickly explore a document space using dynamic queries issued bymousing over facet elements in the interface.
  5. (obsolete, nonce word, transitive) Totear, as a cat devours a mouse.

Derived terms

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terms derived frommouse (verb)

Related terms

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Translations

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to mouse around
to catch mice
to close the mouth of a hook

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Chinese

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Etymology

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FromEnglishmouse.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mouse

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing)mouse(Classifier:隻／只c; 個／个c)

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of鼠標 (“computer mouse”)[map]
VarietyLocationWords
Formal(Written Standard Chinese)鼠標器 Mainland China,滑鼠 Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia
Northeastern MandarinTaiwan滑鼠
Malaysia滑鼠
Singapore滑鼠
CantoneseHong Kong滑鼠,mouse
Taishan(Guanghai)鼠標
HakkaMiaoli(N. Sixian)滑鼠
Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian)滑鼠
Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu)滑鼠
Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu)滑鼠
Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping)滑鼠
Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an)滑鼠
Southern MinXiamen鼠標
Quanzhou鼠標
Zhangzhou鼠標
Kinmen滑鼠

Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishmouse.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mouse m (invariable)

  1. (computing, computerhardware)mouse

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^mouse inLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Noun

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mouse

  1. Alternative form ofmous

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishmouse.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mouse m (pluralmouses)

  1. (Brazil, computerhardware)mouse(input device used to move a pointer on the screen)
    Synonym:(Portugal)rato
    • 1997, Bobbi Linkemer,Secretária eficiente, NBL Editora,→ISBN,page118:
      Verifique se a esfera domouse está limpa. O mouse pad ajuda a mantê-lo limpo.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2015, Douglas Comer,Interligação de Redes com TCP/IP - Vol. 1 - 6ª Edição: Princípios, protocolos e arquitetura, Elsevier Brasil,→ISBN,page48:
      O usuário só precisa de um dispositivo de interface com a tela, teclado,mouse ou touchpad, e uma conexão de rede.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Brazil, loosely)pointer;cursor(moving icon that indicates the position of the mouse)
    Synonyms:ponteiro,cursor

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishmouse.

Noun

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mouse n (pluralmouse-uri)

  1. (computing)mouse (for a PC)

Declension

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Declension ofmouse
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativemousemouse-ulmouse-urimouse-urile
genitive-dativemousemouse-uluimouse-urimouse-urilor
vocativemouse-ulemouse-urilor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishmouse.Doublet ofmur.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mouse m (pluralmouses)

  1. (computing, chiefly Latin America)mouse(input device)
    Synonym:ratón

Usage notes

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  • According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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