| Noun | 1. | mouse - any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tailsgnawer, gnawing animal, rodent - relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing fieldmouse, field mouse - any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens nude mouse - a mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues; widely used in preclinical trials wood mouse - any of various New World woodland mice | |
| 2. | mouse - a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the mouse is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball" | |
| Verb | 1. | mouse - to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" | |
| 2. | mouse - manipulate the mouse of a computermanipulate - hold something in one's hands and move it | |