mouse

Definition:
1. A small animal that is covered in fur and has a long thin tail. Mice live in fields, in people's houses or where food is stored.
2. 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.
3. To go stealthily or furtively.

Use 'mouse' in a sentence:

• 1. She suddenly felt panicky like a mouse cornered by a hungry cat.
• 2. Highlight the chosen area by clicking and holding down the left mouse button.
• 3. Mice are born naked.
• 4. What do you think of the mouse?
• 5. He needs a mouse pad.
• 6. A little Mouse peeped out of his hole.
• 7. 'Any holes in the kitchen where the mice are getting through?' – 'I've blocked them up.'
• 8. One day a little mouse was thirsty.
• 9. I held the mouse by its tail.
• 10. "It is dreadfully cold," said the Mouse.
• 11. She crept downstairs quiet as a mouse.
• 12. The Mouse only growled in reply.
• 13. She crept upstairs, quiet as a mouse.
• 14. He moves the cursor, clicks the mouse.
• 15. This is not a Mickey Mouse course where every player has a chance.
• 16. The Hotel has been ordered to close because it is overrun by mice and rats.
• 17. The mouse ran away, squeaking with fear.
• 18. The house was completely overrun with mice.
• 19. It's only a Mickey Mouse job.
• 20. A mouse. What colour is it? White.
• 21. The mouse is good at digging hole.
• 22. The whole thing is somehow a bit Mickey Mouse.
• 23. Mickey Mouse starts as an ugly, little rodent.
• 24. This mouse will never roar enough.
• 25. Use the mouse to drag the icon to a new position.
• 26. Look! A big mouse hides under the armchair.
• 27. You can check your e-mail with a click of your mouse.
• 28. Mouse, mouse, go away.
• 29. Select the text you want to format by holding down the left button on your mouse.
• 30. Suddenly the cat sprang at the mouse.
• 31. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and other Disney cartoon characters gave endless delight to millions of children.
• 32. She called softly after it, "Mouse dear!"
• 33. It's a cat-and-mouse game to him, and I'm the mouse.
• 34. Those two little mice were naked and blind.
• 35. A witch changed the boy into a mouse.
• 36. A mouse runs by.
• 37. They called her Miss Mouse because she was so meek and mild.
• 38. There's nothing Mickey Mouse about the 1993 version.
• 39. Just then, the little mouse happened to pass by.
• 40. The fourth one was a purple mouse.
• 41. There are a number of improvements; for instance, both mouse buttons can now be used.
• 42. The menu pops up when you click twice on the mouse.
• 43. The nest contained eight little mice that were naked and blind.
• 44. Roll the mouse over the map to get going.
• 45. I'm mouse and I have small ear.
• 46. Use your mouse to drag the pictures to their new size.
• 47. The stores were overrun with rats and mice.
• 48. The cat sprang on the mouse.
• 49. He was a weak little mouse of a man.
• 50. Our cat is hopeless at catching mice.
• 51. A cat often plays with a mouse before the kill.
• 52. After three hours of playing cat and mouse, they threatened to open fire on our vessel, so we stopped.
• 53. Choose 'printer' from the menu and click with the right mouse button.
• 54. Click on the printer icon with the mouse.
• 55. Click the left mouse button twice to highlight the program.
• 56. Her message had been written; all she had to do was click the mouse.