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mousing around

mousing around is the present participle and gerund of mouse around.

Meaning of mouse around

Verb

mouse around (third-person singular simple present mouses around, present participle mousing around, simple past and past participle moused around)

  1. (intransitive) To mouse, to move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of the rodent.
  2. (transitive) To look around the Internet.

Questions about mousing around

What is mousing around the present participle and gerund of?
Mousing around is the present participle and gerund of mouse around.

Words near mousing around in the dictionary

  1. mousies
  2. mousiest
  3. mousily
  4. mousiness
  5. mousing
  6. mousing around
  7. mousing hook
  8. mousing hooks
  9. mousing over
  10. mousingly
  11. mousings

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