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weasel
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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.

[Middle English wesele, from Old English wesle.]

weasel [ˈwiːzəl]
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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.weaselweasel - 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
long-tailed weasel, longtail weasel, Mustela frenata - the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tail
muishond - southern African weasel

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 NPLambages mpl, palabras fpl equívocas

weasel [ˈwiːzəl] nbelette f

weasel
n
Wiesel nt
(inf: = person) → Heimtücker m
vi (esp US inf: = be evasive) → schwafeln (inf)

weasel [ˈwiːzl] n (Zool) → donnola
weasel [ˈwiːzl] n (Zool) → donnola

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

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


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