mouse

mouse
noun
1 animal
ADJECTIVE
deer, field, house, etc.
laboratory
white
VERB + MOUSE
chase
catch
kill
breed
MOUSE + VERB
squeak
run, scurry
gnaw sth

A mouse had gnawed its way through the cable.

MOUSE + NOUN
droppings
hole
trap (usually mousetrap)
PHRASES
as quiet as a mouse

She crept upstairs, as quiet as a mouse.

2 for a computer
ADJECTIVE
optical, wireless
VERB + MOUSE
click, double-click
use
drag, move
MOUSE + NOUN
button
click

Some of these mouse-click short cuts are worth learning.

cursor, pointer
mat (BrE), pad (esp. AmE)
port
PREPOSITION
with the mouse

You can move the cursor around the screen with the mouse.


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