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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
In mice with melanoma, the ones that were given aspirin had less frequent metastases of the cancer compared to those who were not given the medication. Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025 Additional behavioral studies in mice and pigs showed no significant changes in movement, water intake, anxiety-like behavior, or fecal production among treated animals — suggesting that BRP could avoid the common side effects associated with current weight-loss medications. Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 10 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
  • 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
  • If Republicans refuse to do that, then their constituents can rest assured that their representatives are cowards and liars.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The tree made its first TV appearance on The Howdy Doody Show, and decorations went from cranberries and popcorn to red garland, white plastic globes, icicle lights and wiry white angel trumpeters.
    Kate Hogan, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Clean the gutters regularly and install double layers of ice and water barriers to avoid icicle and ice dam formation.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • North Carolina snuck into the men’s draw as the final team chosen, a notable decision given that a) UNC athletic director Bubba Cunningham is chair of the selection committee, and b) Cunningham earned a $68,000 bonus for the Tar Heels’ selection.
    Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Among the messages from Kori found by police were texts that called the girl beautiful, asked her to sneak out and come visit him.
    John Lynch, arkansasonline.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This is the equivalent of deliberately sailing a ship into an iceberg.
    Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Nutrients from the iceberg’s melt could boost food availability for the regional ecosystem, according to a statement from the British Antarctic Survey.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Kirk Cousins lurks as a possible target down the line if the Falcons ever let him out of Atlanta.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Karan’s bent-toed geckos were found lurking at night on rocks and boulders along a trail between villages, the study said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 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
  • As Alexander Isak received possession, Quansah moved towards him instead of tracking Gordon’s run, opening the space for Isak to slide Gordon in behind.
    Andy Jones, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • 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.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 12 Mar. 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 24 Mar. 2025.

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