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weasel

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English

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Least weasel (Mustela nivalis)

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishwesele, fromOld Englishweosule, fromProto-West Germanic*wisulā, fromProto-Germanic*wisulǭ.The verb is from c. 1900, from the supposedcunningness of the weasel.

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Noun

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weasel (pluralweasels)

  1. Any of thecarnivorousmammals of thegeneraMustela,Neogale,Poecilogale, andLyncodon, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
    • 1961,Harry E. Wedeck,Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page234:
      An old traditional prescription for provoking erotic inclinations ran as follows, The toe of the foot of a man, anointed with oil, or honey, or the ashes of aweasel.
  2. Aleast weasel (Mustela nivalis).
  3. Any of certain other species of the familyMustelidae.
  4. (informal, derogatory) Adevious orsneaky person or animal.
    • 2016 February 8, Marwan Bishara, “Why Obama fails the leadership test in the Middle East”, inAl Jazeera English‎[1]:
      Once you've gone beyond the scripted speeches, soundbites and cliches, you'll notice how the debate about leadership is primarily divided between the three governors and two senators, the other twoweasels, Donald Trump and Ben Carson notwithstanding.
  5. 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

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  • (any of the carnivorous mammals of the genusMustela):mustela

Derived terms

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Mustelidae
other

Translations

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least weasel,Mustela nivalis
any mammal of the genusMustela
any mammal of the family Mustelidae
yarn winder
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Verb

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weasel (third-person singular simple presentweasels,present participle(US)weaselingor(UK)weaselling,simple past and past participle(US)weaseledor(UK)weaselled)

  1. (transitive) Toachieve byclever ordevious means.
    • 2010 (publication date), Tony Dajer, "Vital Signs",Discover, ISSN 0274-7529, volume 32, number 1, January–February 2011, page 10:
      Prisoners are notorious forweaseling day passes to get out of lockup […] .
  2. (transitive or reflexive) To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means.
    • 2006, Tony Ruggiero,Alien Deception‎[2]:
      He'sweaseled himself into a position where he can influence the outcome of this election.
    • 2010, Susie Davis,Uncovered: Revealing the Secrets of a Sexy Marriage‎[3], page147:
      Within just a couple of days, she [a dog] hadweaseled her way into our hearts.
  3. (intransitive) To engage in clever or devious behavior.
    • 1996, Stefan Bechtel, Larry Stains,Sex: A Man's Guide‎[4], page151:
      Authority figures have a history ofweaseling on this topic.

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Translations

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to weasel out of doing something
to weasel something out of somebody

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