"mouse around" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mouses around [present, singular, third-person], mousing around [participle, present], moused around [participle, past], moused around [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-mouse_around-en-verb-QroRmMbx
  2. (transitive, computing) To look around the Internet. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-mouse_around-en-verb-0J3zugnz Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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