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noun(mouse)any of numerous small rodents (as of the genus Mus) with pointed snout, rather small ears, elongated body, and slender tail
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noun(mouse)a small mobile manual device that controls movement of the cursor and selection of functions on a computer display
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noun(mouse)a timid person
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verb(mouse)to hunt for mice
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verb(mouse)to search or move stealthily or slowly
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verb(mouse)to search for carefully —usually used with out
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noun(mouse)behavior like that of a cat with a mouse: such as
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noun(mouse)the act of toying with or tormenting something before destroying it
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noun(mouse)a contrived action involving constant pursuit, near captures, and repeated escapes; broadly : an evasive action
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noun(mouse)any of various mice (genus Peromyscus) of North and Central America; especially : one (P. maniculatus) widely distributed in forests and grasslands of North America
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noun(mouse)any of various mice and voles that inhabit fields
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noun(mouse)a common, chiefly European dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) with yellowish-brown fur —called also common dormouse
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noun(mouse)a common nearly cosmopolitan grayish-brown mouse (Mus musculus) that usually lives and breeds about buildings, may act as a vector of diseases, and is an important laboratory animal
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noun(mouse)any of several small hibernating North American rodents (family Zapodidae) with long hind legs and tail and no cheek pouches
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adjective(mouse)too easy, small, ineffective, or unimportant to be taken seriously
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adjective(mouse)being or performing insipid or corny popular music
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adjective(mouse)annoyingly petty
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noun(mouse)any of various large broad marine polychaete worms (especially genus Aphrodite) covered with hairlike setae