mousing
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- noun
- /ˈmaʊsɪŋ/
:
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- After hours of mousing, my hand started to feel tired from the constant movement.
Examples
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I also have a little Steel series brochure about their other products, including headsets, keyboards, and mousing surfaces.
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It is kind of the computer mousing equivalent of what four-wheel drive does on ice and snow.
Academic text (1996) -
So mousing on the table, mousing on the glass.
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This product, which is called the 3M Brand Precise Mousing Surface, allows users to control cursor placement without the slip and slide that you get on a typical fabric mouse pad.
Academic text (1996) -
A bottom bar controls music playback and contains quick links to notifications, chat, and user profiles; mousing over it reveals a queue of songs and videos built automatically or by clicking and dragging.
Blog text (10) -
Using a computer mouse for mousing is essential for accurately selecting items on a screen.
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Many gamers prefer a smooth mousing surface to enhance their performance during play.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mousing comes from the word mouse, the 'small animal', plus the ending -ing for 'action'. The computer device was named a mouse because it looked like a little mouse with a tail, so mousing means moving that device to control the pointer on the screen.