mouseover

[ mous-oh-ver ]

noun

1. a website feature that generates the appearance of a pop-up message, image, or hyperlink when a pointer is directed, as by a mouse, over a specific item on the screen:

   Thanks to mouseovers, our online shoppers can quickly view details about the products of interest to them.

mouseover

/ ˈmaʊsˌəʊvə /

noun

1. computing (on the page of a website) an item, esp a graphic, that changes or pops up when the pointer of a mouse moves over it

Word History and Origins

Origin of mouseover¹

First recorded in 1990–95; mouse (in the sense “the computer device that moves the pointer”) + over ( def )

Example Sentences

The original versions of any corrections may be viewed as mouseover text.

From Project Gutenberg

The original versions of any corrections may be viewed as you read as mouseover text.

From Project Gutenberg

There are also a number of printers errors that were detected and corrected, which are also annotated using mouseover text.

From Project Gutenberg

The uncorrected text is shown here, but the change is annotated with mouseover text which containing the corrected value.

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