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Definition of mousenext

mouse

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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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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of mouse
Noun
Police continued searching the home and found rat and mouse feces throughout, rotting food on the kitchen counter covered with flies and other bugs, and maggots in standing water in the kitchen sink. Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026 Over the decades, there has been no shortage of sites using clever techniques to covertly track visitors’ browsing histories, device fingerprints, and log keystrokes and mouse movements in real time. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Verb
Such original approaches to mouse controls could be Nintendo's secret weapon on the Switch 2, and developers are already coming up with more inventive uses for the tech than simply bringing a cursor to console gaming. Matt Kamen, Wired News, 20 Apr. 2025 What’s more, mice need only 20 days to gestate, making for a quick turnaround from embryo to mouse pup. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouse
Noun
  • And, in a way, this coward is the only sane one.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
  • These are American cowards that are rooting against our Country.
    Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • The pair's characters met in the season 5 premiere in 2008 after Owen, an Army trauma surgeon fresh from Iraq, dramatically rescued Cristina following a freak icicle accident outside Seattle Grace Hospital.
    Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
  • On April 12, the Toronto Raptors transformed Drake’s usual courtside seats into a frozen display — complete with faux ice and icicles — in what appeared to be a not-so-subtle promotion for his upcoming album, Iceman.
    Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Autonomous task forces of drones could be assigned to defend against specific threats — Russian subs sneaking into the Atlantic Ocean, say, or a possible amphibious landing on Taiwan.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
  • Still, there have been occasional opportunities to sneak in some bigger names.
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • But there is an iceberg effect in play — that while these are the most visible, the mechanisms which facilitate top-level fixing are reliant on lower-level sports.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Companies like ours are the very tip of an iceberg.
    Rob Collie, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Others argue that the maze needs a minotaur, and point to a mysterious creature that has lurked within the Backrooms since the beginning.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • But beneath the smooth surface, major engineering problems have lurked since it was constructed in the 1920s.
    New York Times, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • Henry is a megalomaniac and a complete wuss.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • The elastic bands also make the sandals easy to slide on for airport security, quick coffee runs, or poolside lounging.
    Aashna Gheewalla, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
  • The first goal came after winger Robinson lost the ball in midfield and Senegalese striker Nicolas Jackson was allowed to run from the halfway line to the box, eventually sliding a pass through to captain Sadio Mane, who was never going to make a mistake on a chance like that.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • And Benjamin Cole is a likable milquetoast as Sarah’s original boyfriend, Chris.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • By all accounts, being a milquetoast is a sort of vice—cowardice masquerading as prudence.
    Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

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“Mouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouse. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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