# mice

Pronunciation: US say "MYS" /maɪs/; UK

## Noun

1. Plural of mouse. — plural of mouse
   - Simple: Plural of mouse. Use this when you mean more than one mouse.
   - _Field mice build their nests in the tall grass near the fence._
   - _The lab technicians cared for hundreds of mice each day._

## Verb

2. To be distracted or inattentive, with your attention drifting away from what is going on.
   - Simple: To stop paying attention because your mind has wandered off.
   - _That boy's always micin out in the field, and the ball rolled right past him for four._
   - _If you mice on that road for even a second, a bike will be on top of you._

## Origin

The plural of "mouse," from Middle English "mys," from Old English "mȳs" ("mice"), an umlauted plural form going back to Proto-Germanic "*mūs" ("mouse"). It is related to German "Mäuse," Dutch "muizen," and Swedish "möss."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/mice (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).