Mighty Mouse

English

Proper noun

Mighty Mouse (plural Mighty Mouses or Mighty Mice)

1. The Terrytoons superhero cartoon mouse.
   • 1985 June 24, Arlene Croce, “Dancing: Singular Sensations”, in The New Yorker, page 90:

     At five feet two inches, he's the Mighty Mouse of the company—not only its shortest dancer but its most glibly proficient.

   • 1997, Lee K. Abbott, “A Creature out of Palestine”, in Wet Places at Noon, University of Iowa Press, page 141:

     ... your mother, Beverly, the Mighty Mouse of domestic engineering ...

   • 2012, Carol Anshaw, Carry the One, Simon and Schuster, page 150:

     Oh boy. The Kenney sisters are out in force today. Moral Mighty Mouses.

   • 2012, Pam Ciampi, “2013 Weekly Forecasts”, in Llewellyn's 2013 Daily Planetary Guide, Llewellyn Worldwide, page 47:

     But there's a completely different message on the radar when intense Pluto turns retrograde on Friday, April 12. This U-turn from the Mighty Mouse of the zodiac launches a five-month period of examining your navel.

2. (military, informal) A small U.S. military rocket from the 1950s.