mousing

verb

present participle of mouse
as in sneaking
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 mousing
  1. sneaking
  2. lurking
  3. sliding
  4. slipping
Verb
  • For a solid thirty minutes, the candidates defended their honor as the race’s most pro-Israel candidate — at times sneaking in jabs about their opponent.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But, the heartbreak would come sneaking around the bend over what might be the wildest 20 seconds of recent Big Ten memory, thanks to the insane final few minutes.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of sneaking
Verb
  • Unfortunately not, because another issue is lurking around the corner.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • John Willoughby Frank Dillane Dillane’s Willoughby, like Creed-Miles’ Marianne, has more of a darkness lurking beneath.
    — Reshma Gopaldas, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of lurking
Verb
  • The system can also move with the trailer’s sliding suspension.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • His return this preseason was intentionally low-key, sliding onto the roster of the last-place Kings (22-60 last season) without much fanfare.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of sliding
Verb
  • The chill was slipping through the cracks in her windows and warps in her 48-year-old trailer.
    — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Several analysts noted that slipping revenue could be offset by accelerating momentum in Tesla's emerging technology verticals in the long-term.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of slipping
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“Mousing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mousing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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