cursor UK /ˈkɜːsə/US /ˈkɜɹsəɹ/noun 5verb 1forms 3 noun5 •A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position. •A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device. •An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. •A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it. •A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly. verb1 •To navigate by means of the cursor keys.The only other problem is that there's a nagging tendency for the highlight to overrun when cursoring through file lists. — 1990 formscursored · cursoring · cursors