Mousing

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Mousing

verb

To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).
To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.
To 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."
To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

noun

The act of hunting mice (or similar prey), especially by pouncing on them from above.
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.

adjective

Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome.

Anagrams of Mousing

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "mousing":

6-LETTER WORDS

gonium mungos musing

5-LETTER WORDS

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4-LETTER WORDS

gins gnus gums guns ions migs miso mogs mons mugs muni muns muon nims nogs+12 more

3-LETTER WORDS

gin gnu gos gum gun ins ion ism mig mis mog mon

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "mousing" and rearranging:

+smousings moussing

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