mouse
11
9.9
- noun
- /maʊs/
- Archaic
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- I said, "Don't hurt the mouse, Roy Dale."
Examples
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Vogelsang sports a mouse under one eye.
Fiction book (2000) -
The boxer had a black mouse after taking a hard punch during the match.
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"I was stupid enough to be afraid of a mouse."
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After scouring the country for food, the Little Fellow had to admit he had seen nothing, not even a field mouse.
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"You thought of a name yet for that mouse you got on your cheekbone?" Hawk said.
Fiction book (1996) -
After falling and hitting his face, he developed a painful mouse under his eye.
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She applied ice to the mouse on her cheek to reduce the swelling.
Synonyms
266
1.6
A dark area on the skin that appears after a hit
37
2.3
A dark swollen bruise around the eye caused by a hit
10
8.2
A dark bruise around the eye after a blow
A small cut or bruise a child gets when they fall
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 Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mouse as a bruise is less clear, so a helpful way to remember it is this: the dark, round mark under the eye can look a bit like a small, dark animal sitting there, and people started calling a black eye a 'mouse'. That's why in some places a bad bruise under the eye is called a mouse.