mousing

== English == === Verb === mousing present participle and gerund of mouse === Noun === mousing (countable and uncountable, plural mousings) The act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above. (nautical) 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 straightening out. A ratchet movement in a loom. (computing) Use of the mouse ==== Derived terms ==== mousing hook ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === mousing (comparative more mousing, superlative most mousing) Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. ==== Derived terms ==== mousingly === Anagrams === souming