mouses

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of mouse. Some people use it for computer mice, but mice is more common.

   The office ordered new mouses for every workstation.

   Both mouses stopped working after the update.

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2. 2
   verb

   The form of mouse used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

   The barn cat mouses better than any trap we have tried.

   Our old tabby still mouses in the cellar each evening.

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3. 3
   nounnonstandard

   Nonstandard plural of mouse for the small animals. The correct plural is mice.

   Then / He did the same thing / To the other Whos’ houses / Leaving crumbs / Much too small / For the other Whos’ mouses!

   1957, Dr. Seuss [pseudonym; Theodor Seuss Geisel], How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

   Fobo chuckled, and he said, in American, “He won’t keep that up long. What does he think we Siddo are? A bunch of mouses?”

   1979, Philip José Farmer, The Lovers

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