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▸ noun: (informal) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
▸ noun: A quiet or shy person.
▸ noun: (computing) (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
▸ noun: (boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.
▸ noun: (nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.
▸ noun: A match used in firing guns or blasting.
▸ noun: (set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).
▸ noun: (historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.
▸ noun: Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. [from 12th c.]
▸ verb: (transitive, nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
▸ verb: (intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
▸ verb: (obsolete, nonce word, transitive) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
▸ noun: (US, metonymically, uncountable, with "the") The Walt Disney Company.
▸ noun: A surname from German.
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