mousing

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noun

The act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mouse
nounmousing (countable and uncountable, plural mousings)

plural mousings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above.
  2. countableuncountablenauticalA 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.
  3. countableuncountableA ratchet movement in a loom.
  4. countableuncountablecomputingUse of the mouse
adjectivemousing (comparative more mousing, superlative most mousing)

comparative more mousing · superlative most mousing

  1. Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.

    mousing saints

    1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC

Translations

French mulotage
  • mulotagehunting mice

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

souming
Cite this entry
APA

mousing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mousing

MLA

“mousing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mousing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mousing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mousing.

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