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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
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (2025) is alien-blasting fun with HDR support and mouse controls. Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025 There are left and right mouse buttons below the space bar which provides easy access to contextual menus in macOS with a quick thumb press. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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 Cooking Salmon With Avocado and Cilantro Salad Jan. 14, 2025 If those don’t appeal, mouse your way over to New York Times Cooking and make your own list. Sam Sifton, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouse
Noun
  • That’s when one coward hit me from behind with a backpack.
    Brie Stimson , Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • There is no way a coward like Musk is in a position to accuse Sen. Kelly of being a traitor.
    DP Opinion, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • It was filled with flowers, candles, branches and crystal icicles to create a winter wonderland.
    Emy LaCroix, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Another high point was snowshoeing in a forested canyon where a waterfall was all icicles.
    Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Another man was banned from Disney World earlier this week after allegedly attempting to sneak a wallet full of cocaine into the Magic Kingdom, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by PEOPLE.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 2 May 2025
  • Sheriff’s officials allege that Britton would wait for assemblies or other activities to sneak into unlocked classrooms where teachers left personal items.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • The ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. the evening of April 14 at a speed of 20 knots and slipped below the surface at 2:20 a.m. the following morning, according to the National Museum of American History. More than 1,500 people died.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Just before midnight on April 14, 2012, the vessel sideswiped an iceberg.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Discovering your purpose doesn’t have to be complicated or grand, especially with the right guidance to help you to find what’s already lurking inside of you.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • Your provider can carefully examine your eye under a microscope and flip your lid up to safely fish out any contact lens or piece of a lens that might be lurking therein.
    Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 30 Apr. 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
  • On the final lap, Riggs steered to the inside of Hocevar’s No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, got to the left rear quarter of the Silverado and slid up the track into Hocevar’s truck.
    Reid Spencer, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2025
  • Strangers slide into your DMs with bizarre requests.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 May 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 15 May. 2025.

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