Definitions
1.verbTo move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
2.verbTo hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.
3.verbTo close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire."Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack."
4.verbTo navigate by means of a computer mouse.
5.verbTo tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
6.nounThe act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above.
7.nounA 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.
8.nounA ratchet movement in a loom.
9.adjectiveImpertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.