Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A binding or metal shackle around the point and shank of a hook to prevent it from slipping from an eye.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Mouse-catching; given to catching mice.
- noun The act of watching for or catching mice.
- noun Nautical, same as
mouse , 6. - noun In a loom, a ratchet-movement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.
- noun The act of hunting mice.
- noun (Naut.) 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 straighening out.
- noun A ratchet movement in a loom.
- noun a hook with an attachment which prevents its unhooking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
mouse . - noun The act of
hunting mice . - noun nautical A
turn orlashing ofspun yarn or small stuff, or ametallic clasp orfastening , uniting thepoint andshank of ahook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out. - noun A
ratchet movement in aloom .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ah, not me because I ain't no fooltimer -- I earn some B&B just putting pen to paper aka mousing the PC tap-danzing wit 'thy fingers ....
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Phil seemed in no particular hurry to proceed afterward; and Larry, who had been "mousing" around, as he called it, surprised his chum by declaring that the appearance of the country indicated the presence of game.
Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat St. George Rathborne
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To antiquaries and lovers of the odd and curious it must ever be valuable; but the obligation of having a fellow of Magdalen at one's elbow much interferes with that quiet, cozy "mousing" so dear to the soul of a bibliomaniac.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Various
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Their sharp, cur-like barks used often to rouse us, and of a dark evening we would hear them out in the fields, "mousing" around the stone-heaps, making a queer, squeaking sound like a mouse, to call the real mice out of their grass nests inside the stone-heaps.
The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902
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The main benefit to using the RollerMouse Free is to help reduce repetitive stress injuries in your 'mousing' arm, but it also helps keep your hands near the
OhGizmo! 2009
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; - Use the Apps (or * Btn2) for context menus; arrows, 'mousing' or shortcuts select items.
AutoHotkey Community 2009
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However, they have learned and gained confidence that, no matter how daring their initial sketches may be, some young architect who has been 'mousing' around almost since he was in his/her crib, will be able to translate them into something constructible. "
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After cutting off a test section, he tried mousing over it and was pleasantly surprised at the results.
Use Automotive Window Tint To Make A Glass Desk Mouse-Friendly | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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There are a LOT of things you can do faster from a command line than mousing around. brianburnham
FAST Is A Geeky Command-Line Database | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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For another multi-monitor friendly application that will cut down on the time you spend mousing about check out Multi-Monitor Mouse.
Edgeless Enables Mouse Cursor Wrap Around | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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