weasel /wēˈzl/

1. A small carnivore (Mustela nivalis) with long slender body, furtive and bloodthirsty, eating frogs, birds, mice, etc
2. Any of various related species
3. A furtive, treacherous or sly person
4. A small amphibious military vehicle for carrying personnel or supplies

1. To equivocate
2. (with out of, on, round, etc) to extricate oneself from or circumvent (an obligation, etc), esp indefensibly (informal)

weaˈseller or weaˈseler noun

weaˈselly adjective

weasel cat noun

A civet-like animal of Borneo and Java, the linsang

weasel coot noun

The female or young male of the smew, a sea bird

weaˈsel-faced adjective

With a lean sharp face

weasel words plural noun (informal)

Words that make a statement evasive or misleading, orig (in sing) a word used illegitimately in conjunction with another word rendering it meaningless or sucking its meaning from it as a weasel sucks out the contents of an egg

weasel out (informal)

To evade obligation

• detents
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• deterged
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• deteriorate
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