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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
Along with the aquatic mouse, the RAP also identified three new-to-science amphibians. Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2024 Using a bird feeder baffle and keeping the feeder a distance away from trees will help ward off squirrels, mice, and raccoons. Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2024
Verb
For now, voters mousing over to rival campaign websites won’t see nearly as many policy positions to contrast with those of the former President. Time, 12 June 2023 Researchers sifted through more than 13,000 potential candidate molecules to find one, called 6bK, that bound to mouse IDE in a test tube. Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2014 See all Example Sentences for mouse 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouse
Noun
  • But then Gi-hun could die looking down on him as both a dog and a coward.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The Vikings are cowards who didn't take a viking ship.
    Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 4 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • These attractions sit at the foot of the slope and many of them are cut into a rocky outcrop which is dripping with icicles and surrounded by a forest of soaring fir trees.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • For Christmas, the Armour building was decorated with ornament-laden garlands, wreaths with festive red bows and strings of hundreds of white icicle lights, even on the side of the property only construction workers see.
    Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Sometimes, he's gotten invited to inaugural balls; other times, he's been able to sneak in.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
  • And with a personal training certification and a degree in kinesiology, a wellness focus often sneaks into many aspects of my personal and professional life.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • That’s just the tip of the ransomware threat iceberg, according to a detailed analysis published on Jan. 9.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Therefore, our most recent discoveries may be just the tip of the metaphorical iceberg: there could be many more dark comets lurking in the solar system, waiting to be discovered this new year.
    Darryl Seligman, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The only difference is that modern spies do not need to lurk around corners, listening through doors.
    Steve Durbin, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Beyond Stephens, there’s a good bit of quality lurking in Sabalenka’s neighborhood of the draw.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 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
  • But the gimmicky mini controller that slides out, Transformer-style, for gaming on the go is too small and hard to grip comfortably.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Two people died and one critically injured in the early morning after their vehicle slid off of a bridge into the Blue River in south Kansas City.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 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 20 Jan. 2025.

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