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[Noun] | "wea*sel" | \ ˈwē-zəl \

1: any of various small slender active carnivorous mammals (genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae, the weasel family) that are able to prey on animals (such as rabbits) larger than themselves, are mostly brown with white or yellowish underparts, and in northern forms turn white in winter

2: a light self-propelled tracked vehicle built either for traveling over snow, ice, or sand or as an amphibious vehicle

3: a sneaky, untrustworthy, or insincere person

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule; akin to Old High German wisula weasel;

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[Noun] | "weasel word"

1: a word used in order to evade or retreat from a direct or forthright statement or position

Origin: 1900 ;

From the weasel's reputed habit of sucking the contents out of an egg while leaving the shell superficially intact;

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[Noun] | "bridled weasel"

1: long-tailed weasel

Origin: 1868 ;

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[Noun] | "least weasel"

1: a small weasel (Mustela nivalis) of northern North America, Eurasia, and northern Africa that is brown above and white below in summer and in its northern range usually all white in winter, that ranges in length from 6 to 10 inches (15.2 to 25.4 centimeters) including a tail that is usually 1 to 2.5 inches (2.5 to 6.4 centimeters) long, and that lacks the black-tipped tail found in the related short-tailed weasel and long-tailed weasel

Origin: 1874 ;

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[Noun] | "long-tailed weasel"

1: a common weasel (Neogale frenata) found from southern Canada to northern South America often near water that is an aggressive carnivore feeding chiefly on rodents and other small mammals, is brown above and white to yellowish below in summer and in its northern range usually white in winter, and ranges in length from 15 to 23 inches (38 to 58.4 centimeters) long including a black-tipped tail that is usually 3 ½ to 6 ½ (9 to 16.5 centimeters) inches long

Origin: 1862 ;

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[Noun] | "short-tailed weasel" | \ ˈshȯrt-ˈtāld- \

1: the common ermine (Mustela erminea) chiefly of northern Eurasia and North America that is brown above and white below in summer and in its northern range all white in winter and that ranges from 9 to 15 inches (23 to 38 centimeters) in length including a black-tipped tail that is usually 1 ½ to 3 ½ inches (3.8 to 9 centimeters) long : ermine, stoat

Origin: 1887 ;

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[Verb] | "weasel"

1: to use weasel words : equivocate

2: to escape from or evade a situation or obligation —often used with out

3: to manipulate shiftily

Origin: 1925 ;

Weasel word;

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[Phrasal verb] | "weasel into"

1: to get into (a place or situation) by being dishonest, by persuading someone in a clever way, etc.

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[Phrasal verb] | "weasel out of"

1: to avoid doing (something) by being dishonest, by persuading someone in a clever way, etc.

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[Verb] | "weasel"

1: to avoid giving a definite answer or position;

* e.g., " ... the polite guest chose to weasel rather than admit that he didn't like the meal "

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[Verb] | "weasel (out of)"

1: to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery;

* e.g., " ... you won't be able to weasel out of your share of the work by feigning illness "

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[Noun] | "weasel"

1: as in snake, skunk;

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