weasel

wea·sel  (wzl)

n.

1. Any of various carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a long slender body, a long tail, short legs, and brownish fur that in many species turns white in winter.

2. A person regarded as sneaky or treacherous.

intr.v. wea·seled also wea·selled, wea·sel·ing also wea·sel·ling, wea·sels also wea·sels

To be evasive; equivocate.

Phrasal Verb:

weasel out Informal

To back out of a situation or commitment in a sneaky or cowardly manner.

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[Middle English wesele, from Old English wesle.]

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weasel [ˈwiːz^əl]

n pl -sels, -sel

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small predatory musteline mammals of the genus Mustela and related genera, esp M. nivalis (European weasel), having reddish-brown fur, an elongated body and neck, and short legs

2. Informal a sly or treacherous person

3. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Chiefly US a motor vehicle for use in snow, esp one with caterpillar tracks

[Old English weosule, wesle; related to Old Norse visla, Old High German wisula, Middle Dutch wesel]

weaselly  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	weasel - a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	weasel - small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals genus Mustela, Mustela - type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels Mustela erminea, shorttail weasel, ermine - mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat Mustela rixosa, New World least weasel - of Canada and northeastern United States Mustela nivalis, Old World least weasel - of Europe long-tailed weasel, longtail weasel, Mustela frenata - the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tail muishond - southern African weasel

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weasel noun

Related words
adjective musteline
male whittret

Translations

weasel [ˈwiːzl]

A. N (weasel or weasels (pl))

1. (Zool) → comadreja f

2. (= person) → zorro/a m/f

B. VI to weasel out of sth (= extricate o.s.) → escabullirse de algo

C. CPD weasel words NPL → ambages mpl, palabras fpl equívocas

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weasel [ˈwiːz^əl] n → belette f

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weasel

n

→ Wiesel nt

(inf: = person) → Heimtücker m

vi (esp US inf: = be evasive) → schwafeln (inf)

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weasel [ˈwiːzl] n (Zool) → donnola

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weasel [ˈwiːzl] n (Zool) → donnola

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weasel

n weasel [ˈwiːzl]

a type of small flesh-eating animal with a long slender body. wesel سُرْعوب: إبْن عِرْس невестулка lasice væsel das Wiesel νυφίτσα comadreja nirk سمور lumikko belette סָמוּר कथियान्याल lasica menyét sebangsa musang hreysiköttur, vísla donnola いたち 족제비 žebenkštis zebiekste cerpelai wezel røyskatt łasica doninha nevăstuică ласка lasica podlasica lasica vessla สัตว์กินเนื้อขนาดเล็ก รูปร่างคล้ายแมว gelinci 黃鼠狼 ласиця نیولا con chồn 黄鼠狼

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weasel → ابن عرسة lasice væsel Wiesel κουνάβι comadreja lumikko belette lasica donnola イタチ 족제비 wezel røyskatt łasica doninha ласка vessla อีเห็น gelincik con chồn 黄鼠狼