mousing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb to go stealthily or furtively
    pussyfoot; mouse; sneak; creep.
    • ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
  2. verb manipulate the mouse of a computer
    mouse.

WordNet


Mous"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. "Mousing saints." L'Estrange.
Mous"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of hunting mice.
  2. (Naut.) 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 straighening out.
  3. A ratchet movement in a loom.

Webster 1913