plural noun
Small animals with pointed noses, round ears, and long tails.
I saw a family of mice in the kitchen.
The cat caught three mice last night.
American English
How to pronounce mice
nounA2Common word
MAIS
/maɪs/
One syllable.
Form of mouse
Small animals with pointed noses, round ears, and long tails.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
plural noun
Small devices that you move with your hand to control pointers on computer screens.
The office has wireless mice for every computer.
We replaced the old mice in the computer lab.
Useful expressions
a flat mat that a computer mouse moves on
I need a new mouse pad.
one of the buttons on a computer mouse
Press the left mouse button.
to chase or trick each other repeatedly
The police and the thief played cat and mouse.
Related words & forms
The plural is mice, not mouses.