weasel (redirected from weasels)

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

Noun

pl -sels or -sel a small meat-eating mammal with reddish-brown fur, a long body and neck, and short legs [Old English wesle]

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

Translations

weasel [ˈwiːzl] n (ZOOL) → comadreja

weasel [ˈwiːzl] n (Zool) → belette f

weasel [ˈwiːzl] n → Wiesel nt

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. weselسُرْعوب: إبْن عِرْسневестулкаlasicevæseldas Wieselνυφίτσαcomadrejanirkسمورlumikkobeletteסָמוּרकथियान्यालlasicamenyétsebangsa musanghreysiköttur, vísladonnolaいたち족제비žebenkštiszebiekstecerpelaiwezelrøyskattłasicadoninhanevăstuicăласкаlasicapodlasicalasicavesslaสัตว์กินเนื้อขนาดเล็ก รูปร่างคล้ายแมวgelinci黃鼠狼ласицяنیولاcon chồn黄鼠狼