Mouse

The meaning and definition of Mouse, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

verb

To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
“Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.”
To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).

noun

Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.

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