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Word entry · 5 letters

mouse

Best crossword clue

"Small computer controller"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /maʊs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted emosuStarts with MEnds with E5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. manipulate the mouse of a computer

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English mous, from Old English mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.

Used in a sentence

  • “Near-synonyms: murine, murid, vole (all parasynonymous with this broad sense)”
  • “At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.”
  • “A person smeared with the excrement of a mouse was rendered impotent, according to Pliny the Elder.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01“Small computer controller”5 letters
02“Small computer device”5 letters
03“Small pointer device”5 letters
04“Small squeaking rodent”5 letters
05“Computer pointer device”5 letters

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