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mouseover

mouseover noun: the event of an on-screen pointer being over an on-screen shape.

Noun

mouseover (plural mouseovers)

  1. The event of an on-screen pointer being over an on-screen shape.

Forms of mouseover

pluralmouseovers
alternative formmouse-over

Origin of mouseover

From mouse + over.

Questions about mouseover

What does mouseover mean?
Mouseover means the event of an on-screen pointer being over an on-screen shape.
What part of speech is mouseover?
Mouseover is a noun.
What is the plural of mouseover?
The plural of mouseover is mouseovers.

Words near mouseover in the dictionary

  1. mouselings
  2. mouselook
  3. mousemat
  4. mousemats
  5. mouseness
  6. mouseover
  7. mouseovers
  8. mousepad
  9. mousepads
  10. mousepox
  11. mousepress

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