mouse, n. 1. vole, murine, rodent, vermin; meadow mouse or vole, field mouse, harvest mouse, wood mouse, white-footed mouse, deer mouse, vesper mouse, pocket mouse; rat, pack rat, kangaroo rat, water rat.
2. Slang, black eye, SI. shiner.
-v. 3. hunt out or down, track down, ferret out, search out, search around, hunt around; prowl about, lurk about, sneak about, slink about, skulk about.
mousy, adj. 1. drab, dull, lackluster, colorless, neutral; gray, grayish, mouse-colored, mouse-dun, brownish-gray.
2. quiet, soft, light, silent, inaudible, noiseless, soundless.
3. timid, timorous, fearful, shy, withdrawn; unag-gressive, unassertive, docile, tractable, compliant, obedient.
mouth, n. 1. orifice, oral opening or cavity, muzzle, SI. kisser, SI. yap, Si. trap, SI. bazoo, chops, jaw or jaws; jawbone, maxilla, mandible.
2. utterance, expression, ventilation, airing, voice, vocalization.
3. idle or empty talk, boasting, bragging, vaunting, braggadocio, SI. hot air; claptrap, rodomontade, fustian, bombast.
4. Slang, impudence, insolence, impertinence, sauciness, smartness, pertness, flippancy, Inf. freshness, SI. fresh or smart talk, back talk, Inf. sass; rudeness, incivility, discourtesy, disrespect; Inf. cheek, brashness, audacity, effrontery, boldness, forwardness, presumptuousness.
5. grimace, face, wry face, Archaic, mow, SI. mug, contortion; frown, scowl, glare; pout, Fr. moue; sneer, smirk, grin.
6. opening, aperture, hatch, Naut. booby hatch, trap door; door, doorway, gate, gateway, postern, portal; entrance, entry, entryway, entrde; passage, passageway, passage in or out, way in or out; exit, outlet, vent, window, porthole, loophole.
7. mouth of a river, embouchure, estuary, outlet, outfall.
8. down in the mouth Informal, depressed, disheartened, dejected, downcast, dispirited, daunted, low-spirited, downhearted, down, Inf. down in the dumps; discouraged, disappointed, crestfallen, broken-hearted, heartsick, Inf. broken up.
-v. 9. lip, murmur, read or utter softly; articulate, pronounce, enunciate, voice, sound, sound out, pho-nate; vocalize, say aloud, read or speak aloud, deliver, give, go through the motions.
10. put or take into the mouth, ingest, imbibe, eat, drink, sip, sup, lap up, suck in or up; nibble at, peck at, bite, chew on, munch on, chump on, Dial, chomp on; chew, masticate.
11. grimace, Inf. make a face, SI. mug, mop, Archaic. mow, contort; frown, scowl, glower, glare; sneer, smirk, grin; pout, stick out one's lower lip, Fr. fa ire la moue.
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mouth off Slang, spout off, SI. shoot or go off at the mouth, forget oneself or one's place, dare, presume, take liberties; talk back, Inf. sauce, Inf. answer back, Inf. give [s.o.] lip, Inf sass or sass back, be insolent SI. get smart or fresh.
mouthful, n. bite, sip, sup, spoonful, forkful, morsel, swallow, taste, sample, small piece; chunk, lump,