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mouse

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmaʊs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/n. maʊs; v. maʊz/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(n. mous; v. mouz)

Inflections of 'mouse' (n):
mice
npl (All senses)
mouses
npl (For the computer device sense only)
Inflections of 'mouse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
mouses
v 3rd person singular
mousing
v pres p
moused
v past
moused
v past p

Collocations for "mouse"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mouse" in context.

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mouse

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [timid, shy, quiet, little, frightened] mouse
  2. [field, lab, laboratory, brown, house, church] mice
  3. the [town, country] mouse
  4. UK: [buy, eat] sugar mice
  5. conducted a (clinical) trial [on, using] mice
  6. experiment on mice
  7. (my cat) likes [chasing, hunting, killing] mice
  8. my [computer, laptop] mouse
  9. [right, left, double] click your mouse
  10. use your mouse to [drag, copy, select, highlight, move]
  11. at the click of a mouse
  12. are you a man or a mouse?
  13. (as) [quiet, small] as a mouse
  14. [squeal, scream, scurry] like a mouse
  15. they fight like cat and mouse
  16. is scared of mice
  17. a mouse of a [man, woman, girl, boy]
  18. rats and mice
n as adj
  1. a mouse [click, button, pointer, pad, mat, hole]
  2. mouse-based [trials, research, experiments]
  3. (set) a [humane, traditional] mouse trap
  4. have a mouse problem
'mouse' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "mouse" in the title:

… as they moved from rock to bacteria, president, or mouse. - English Only forum
... the mouse would not have received milk from the cow. - English Only forum
“Mouse” was the pet of the family. - English Only forum
(by) using the mouse - English Only forum
A cat caught a mouse idioms in English - English Only forum
a cat-and-mouse game <pitting...> - English Only forum
a click (of a mouse) - to do/to make it (or neither). - English Only forum
a few Mickey Mouse gifts or a few gifts of Mickey Mouse - English Only forum
a Minnie Mouse - English Only forum
a mouse and an elephant is/are - English Only forum
A mouse had died/ died - English Only forum
a mouse hole - English Only forum
A mouse is quiet - English Only forum
a well-spent and carefully thought-out mouse - English Only forum
Ain’t a mouse alive’d pass up bologna - English Only forum
as poor as a church mouse - English Only forum
as wise as a mouse - English Only forum
Bat the mouse over the cat food dish - English Only forum
Born free mouse hotel - English Only forum
but a mouse running - English Only forum
But the mouse - English Only forum
Cartoon characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Snoopy are still popular. - English Only forum
cat-and-mouse - English Only forum
control your phone using your mouse [= by vs while using?] - English Only forum
difference between mouse and rat - English Only forum
dragon to mouse - English Only forum
Dsg3-/-mouse (Question about the symbol -/-) - English Only forum
good and bad piece of computer mouse? - English Only forum
Hair mouse-coloured - English Only forum
Hi! A greedy man lived like a mouse/mice , A number of people dont have a job/ jobs - English Only forum
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