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mouse (verb), mouses; moused; mousing
1. To hunt for small rodents which are pests with the intention of killing them: During the winter, Joshua spent a lot of time mousing in his garage.
2. To look for, to hunt for something, or someone in a quiet, stealthy manner: The cats moused around the barn looking for small rodents.
3. Using a hand-held computer device to control the movement of a pointer on the computer screen which, when rolled along a flat surface, directs an indicator to move correspondingly around a computer screen, allowing the operator to move the indicator freely so he or she can select operations or manipulate text or graphics: While the technicians were mousing around on the new computer, they were able to determine if the quality had really improved as claimed by the computer company.
2. To look for, to hunt for something, or someone in a quiet, stealthy manner: The cats moused around the barn looking for small rodents.
3. Using a hand-held computer device to control the movement of a pointer on the computer screen which, when rolled along a flat surface, directs an indicator to move correspondingly around a computer screen, allowing the operator to move the indicator freely so he or she can select operations or manipulate text or graphics: While the technicians were mousing around on the new computer, they were able to determine if the quality had really improved as claimed by the computer company.
Thomas is a person who mouses for hours at a time at work and at home; in fact, his wife once told a friend that they both mouse on their separate computers.
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English Words in Action, Group M
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