noun
- Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails.
- A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye.
- Person who is quiet or timid.
- 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 device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad.
- usage: "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball"
- synonyms: computer mouse
verb
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