Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of music, musical;
- noun of museum.
- noun The leading genus of Muridæ, typical of the subfamily Murinæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
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Examples
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Achshooly, ai mus leeb teh dansing to teh odder chzfrens….mus bisit mai dad!
MOM???? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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The crew became introspective, each considering the overriding mystery posed by the Cyg'mus's seeming stability in the face of irresistible forces.
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Nobody never in all this worl 'mus' live wi 'Elsie but Ol' Sophy,
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I tell you, suh, I is done smell all de smells o 'mink an' mus 'an' puffume, but I ain 'nuver smell nuttin' like dat jail.
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She war young, an 'mus' have been keerless, I reckon; though ez 'twar her fust baby, she moightn't hev been practised in holdin' it an 'sech, an' somehows it slipped through her arms an 'fell inter the ruver, an' war killed in
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Every publisher approach 'mus' know he's bidding agains 'every other!
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Ole Jamaica, yo 'mus' remembah, sah, is fifteen fathom below de ocean now.
The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World
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Un I is bin say: 'Wut noung gal gwan do wit' ole Chris'mus 'cep' 'e do' joy 'ese'f?'
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
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But of yo 'mus' be white, w'y be hones 'of yo' can,
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Look at de light in de stable -- sumpin 'mus' be de matter wid de Big Gray, or de ole woman wouldn't be out dis time
oroboros commented on the word mus
Sum in reverse.
November 3, 2007