moused

verb

past tense of mouse
as in lurked
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 Synonyms for moused
  1. lurked
  2. sneaked
  3. slipped
  4. slid
  5. crawled
  6. slunk
Verb
  • Rhetoric that had lurked in conspiracy-minded corners of the internet was now coming from the federal government itself.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
  • For years, Cole was mystified by a small, beanlike object with stripes which lurked in the background of certain drawings.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of lurked
Verb
  • Recently, sneaker mules snuck into our team group chat—and even Martha Stewart approves.
    — Essence Wiley, InStyle, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The couple snuck off the next weekend and got married on May 30, 1966 at the Ringgold Baptist Church in Ringgold, Ga.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of sneaked
Verb
  • Hybrid work increased slightly while fully remote work shrank slightly; average remote hours slipped only from 27 to 26 hours over the measured period.
    — Gleb Tsipursky, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
  • As the last of the September light slipped behind Central Park Wednesday evening, a small group of guests made their way into the Conservatory Garden, one of the park’s quieter gems and a place that remains unfamiliar even to many New Yorkers.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of slipped
Verb
  • Tommy Edman scored easily, and Mookie Betts slid across the plate headfirst as the throw came in high and too late.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Equifax , TransUnion , Fair Isaac — Shares of the credit monitoring companies slid in midday trading.
    — Michelle Fox,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of slid
Verb
  • Each tool sharpened one department, and the work still crawled between them, because nobody was ever asked to own the crawling.
    — Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • One roach crawled on glassware in the dishwashing area and eight were under the dishwasher.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of crawled
Verb
  • The doubts that surrounded this team have slunk away, one by one, replaced by reasons for optimism.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • That’s how, last night, the best golfer most of us have ever seen slinked out of a Florida jail shortly before midnight and headed off into an uncertain future.
    — CNN.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of slunk
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“Moused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moused. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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