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weasel
English
Alternative forms
- weazel (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule, from Proto-West Germanic *wisul?, from Proto-Germanic *wisul?. The verb comes from the supposed cunningness of the weasel.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?wi?z(?)l/
- (General American) enPR: w??z?l, w?z?l, IPA(key): /?wiz?l/, /?wizl?/
- Rhymes: -i?z?l
- Hyphenation: wea?sel
Noun
weasel (plural weasels)
- The least weasel, Mustela nivalis.
- Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
- The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family.
- A devious or sneaky person or animal.
- A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder.
Synonyms
- (any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela): mustela
Hypernyms
- carnivorous mammal
Hyponyms
- least weasel
- mountain weasel
- short-tailed weasel
- Siberian weasel
Derived terms
- iceweasel
- weaselly
- weasely
Related terms
- weasel word
Translations
Verb
weasel (third-person singular simple present weasels, present participle weaseling or weaselling, simple past and past participle weaseled or weaselled)
- (transitive) To achieve by clever or devious means.
- 2010 (publication date), Tony Dajer, "Vital Signs", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 10:
- Prisoners are notorious for weaseling day passes to get out of lockup […] .
- 2010 (publication date), Tony Dajer, "Vital Signs", Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 10:
- (transitive or reflexive) To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means.
- (intransitive) To engage in clever or devious behavior.
Usage notes
- Weaseling and weaseled are more common in the US. Weaselling and weaselled are more common in the UK.
Related terms
- weasel one's way
- weasel out
Translations
See also
- ferret
- mink
- polecat
- stoat
References
- weasel at OneLook Dictionary Search
- weasel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Further reading
- weasel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- weales
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