1. louse - Noun
2. louse - Verb
Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.
Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga.
Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid.
Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.
To clean from lice.
Source: Webster's dictionarySir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea. Samuel Johnson
A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up. Leonard Maltin
"He is a lesser figure than X”-how it pleases an Englishman to say that! Never suspecting what basement that would put him in, a wood louse. Elias Canetti
In every little house there is a little louse. Polish Proverb
He can see a louse as far away as china but is not aware of an elephant on his nose. Malawi Proverb
One thumb alone does not kill a louse. Palestinian Proverb