Weasel

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /'wiːzəl/

Noun

weasel (plural weasels)

  1. A carnivorous mammal of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and white belly.

Translations

Verb

to weasel (present participle weaselling (UK), weaseling (US), past tense and past participle weaselled (UK), weaseled (US))

  1. To benefit by clever or devious means, esp. to escape a commitment. (from the supposed cunningness of the weasel),
To weasel out of doing something
To weasel something out of somebody


Derived Terms

See also

io:weasel pt:weasel zh:weasel

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