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verb

as in to sneak
to move about in a sly or secret manner a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden

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Recent Examples of mouse
Noun
There are wireless computer mice, touchpads, TV remotes, and laser pointers … and then there's the Xring D13. Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2025 Indeed, overgrowing mutant clones in mice have been seen to revert to normal growth, as Jones and a co-author describe in the 2023 Annual Review of Cancer Biology. Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
The only Nobel Prize for strictly mouse genetics was presented during this period. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024 For now, voters mousing over to rival campaign websites won’t see nearly as many policy positions to contrast with those of the former President. Time, 12 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for mouse 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouse
Noun
  • McGee, Knight, and Torres step onto the Elevator of Schemes and Secrets full of speculation, like why is LaRoche interested in scoring political points with this case, and what kind of coward hides behind a fake name anyway?
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • This sick, twisted and evil coward showed no regard for Laken or human life.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • No drool icicles hanging from his mouth and his body shook with excitement.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
  • On the way to the suspension bridge, about a 15-minute walk, see giant icicles along the cliff sides and the frozen top of the Montmorency River, their stillness stark against the roaring rush of the waterfall.
    Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Loading your audio article A multi-agency manhunt is underway after an inmate escaped a North Carolina jail by sneaking through the ventilation system.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Margot Robbie, who welcomed her first child with husband Tom Ackerley in October, also included the statement sneaks in her repertoire.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The world’s biggest iceberg is on the loose and threatening to collide with a tiny south Atlantic island.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The Campbells have been known to just sit on a terrace with a local beer keeping a look-out for those whales while giant icebergs float past.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In his January 30 video, the owner addressed Betty, who was calmly lying in the garage while a possum lurked around.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The outcome of Super Bowl 59 on Sunday between Kansas City and Philadelphia might well hinge on which team can better protect the interior against the fierce pass rush lurking on the other side.
    Dave Campbell, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • At the film’s Cipriani afterparty, the New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan compared the Babygirl effect to what Challengers did for Josh O’Connor, who’d previously played nice guys and nebbishes.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2024
  • Is the algorithm going to make the out-of-shape nebbish standup an endangered species?
    Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Verb
  • The setup permits two types of motion: sliding and rotating.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Prices for the top seats have also been sliding at Gametime.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Of the two sisters in the yellow house, Paula is a much gentler girl, a wuss, a baby, the biggest chicken—that’s how her sister thinks of her—and Rhonda is the boss.
    Alex Mar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.
    New York Times, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022

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“Mouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouse. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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