3syllables
mousing
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Definitions ofmousing
1verb
- To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
- To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.
- To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
Example: "Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack."
- To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
- To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
1noun
- The act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above.
- 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 straightening out.
- A ratchet movement in a loom.
1adjective
- Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.
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