mouse
146
1.8
- noun
- /maʊs/
:
ratón
- To accomplish this, they moved the mouse pointer onto the box and clicked.
- a mouse click
- use a mouse
- keyboard and mouse
We still need to get keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, and chair.
- We still need to get keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, and chair.
- Yeah, yeah, and the mouse and the laptop.
- So I'm going to be using a mouse and keyboard look.
- So one is you imagine yourself maybe moving a mouse with your hand.
- You can say computer with the pull that mouse up computer.
- So it's not just console, but this little mouse pad just pulls out just like this.
Examples
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The Magic Mouse is the best mouse for the Mac.
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I have the current mouse I'm using to play games.
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So this is the mouse, the hardware part of it.
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Users must move from item to item with the mouse, which requires a greater level of skill.
Academic text (1997) -
Daniel sat down and wiggled the mouse to end the power-saving mode.
Fiction book (1999) -
He used a mouse to navigate through the software easily.
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The wireless mouse connects seamlessly to my laptop without any lag.
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When I replaced my old mouse, I noticed a significant improvement in my computer's responsiveness.
Synonyms
2
1.1
A small device you move by hand to control the pointer on a computer screen
A small wireless tool shaped like a pen that moves the computer pointer for drawing and precise work
Idioms
Compounds
3
1.6
An action of pressing and releasing a mouse button once to choose or open something
- Baby Talk
2
5.0
A children's game where players hold hands in a circle and try to catch someone inside
1
2.0
A small brownish-grey animal with a pointed nose and long tail that lives in houses near people
- US
1
9.4
A large dark mouse that lives in woods and swamps in the southeastern United States
- Specialized
1
7.2
A small brown mouse from North America with a white belly and long tail
- Specialized
1
7.2
A small hairless mouse with a weak immune system used in medical research
A small plant with white flowers that grows year after year in cold Arctic and mountain areas
A small gray mouse in North and Central America that lives in grain fields and tall grass
A small plant with white flowers and hairy leaves that grows in Arctic and mountain areas
A small brown mouse that is active at night and lives in woods and gardens in Europe
- Australian
A small animal like a mouse that glides between trees using skin between its legs
- Australian
A small Australian mammal with a pouch that looks like a mouse and eats insects
A small rodent from Mexico with fur lined cheek pouches for carrying food
- Offensive
A nickname for a law that extends copyright to help large media companies like Disney
- Specialized
A very small animal with hooves like a tiny deer that lives in Asian and African forests
- Specialized
A small plant with tiny white flowers that scientists often use in plant research
- Specialized
A small surgical tool that has tiny teeth at the tips and holds delicate body tissue
A small mouse from western North America that hunts insects and scorpions and makes loud howls
- UK
A small animal like a mouse with a bushy tail that lives in trees and is active at night
- Specialized
A small mouse with stiff fur and cheek pouches that lives in dry grasslands
A small animal like a mouse with a red back that lives in mountains of Europe, Asia, and North America
A small wireless tool shaped like a pen that moves the computer pointer for drawing and precise work
- US
A small mouse-like animal that lives underground and eats plant roots in the eastern United States
A small mouse in central United States grasslands that carries food in cheek pouches
- US
A small rodent active at night that lives in burrows and carries seeds in cheek pouches
- Australian
A small animal like a mouse that carries its young in a pouch and eats insects
How Precise
146
1.8
- Specialized
5
3.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mouse for the computer device got its name because the first models looked like a small animal with a long tail (the cable) that followed behind and moved a pointer on the screen, so the device was nicknamed a 'mouse'. That's why mouse now means the small hand device you use to control the cursor.