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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
Synovial joints also cannot develop without muscle activity, which is crucial in the development of joints in chicken and mouse embryos—and the synovial joints of little skates actually develop similarly. Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2025 Despite moving on to Only Murders in the Building and that one movie, Gomez still holds fond memories of her time with the mouse. Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
There’s no more wasting time mousing all over the screen just to adjust the size of a brush or to set a different value. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 With Signature Slim Combo, IT teams can mass deploy a single keyboard and mouse across an entire global workforce while keeping an eye on all the devices remotely using Logitech Sync to update the firmware. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for mouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouse
Noun
  • 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
  • This is a cop novel that fully satisfies its genre expectations — chases, gun battles, sinister bad guys, questionable cops, cowards and heroes.
    Claude Peck, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At one point the path is flanked by rugged rock walls dripping with icicles that glisten in the sun.
    Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees.
    New York Times, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • How did Passover and Easter sneak up on us so fast?
    Gretta Monahan, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
  • But a better travel pillow does all that and sneaks an extra day’s worth of clothing onto the plane without catching a gate agent’s attention.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On April 14, just before midnight, the 882-foot ship struck an iceberg, sparking a chain of events that would lead to one of the most dramatic shipwrecks in history, killing roughly 1,500 people, per Britannica.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The breaking off of this huge iceberg is an example of the ongoing shrinkage happening at the earth's poles over the past few decades as part of climate change.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In the rocky and sandy terrain of the Arabian peninsula, a dangerous creature lurks just below the surface in a burrow.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Yet, amid the convenience—and yes, sometimes amusement—lurks a growing concern.
    Fabio Caversan, Forbes.com, 17 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
  • The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
  • But what happens if the nation slides into an economic recession while Washington is cutting, not expanding, aid to states?
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2025.

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