weasel
61weasel-like — 1. adjective a) Similar to a weasel. b) Similar to that of a weasel; as, a weasellike face 2. adverb In the manner of a weasel …
62weasel word — UK / US noun [countable, usually plural] Word forms weasel word : singular weasel word plural weasel words informal a word that someone uses to avoid saying what they really mean …
63weasel coot — noun or weasel duck : a female or young male of the smew * * * weasel coot noun The female or young male of the smew, a sea bird • • • Main Entry: ↑weasel …
64weasel word — noun A word used to qualify a statement so as to make it potentially misleading. 1900 “Weasel words are words that suck all of the life out of the words next to them just as a weasel sucks an egg and leaves the shell.” Syn: hedge …
65weasel words — Meaning Origin Stewart Chaplin s story Stained glass political platform , 1900, contains Why, weasel words are words that suck the life out of the words next to them, just as a weasel sucks the egg and leaves the shell. Theodore Roosevelt made… …
66weasel lemurs — žebenkštiniai lemūrai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas gentis apibrėžtis Gentyje 5 rūšys. Paplitimo arealas – Madagaskaras. atitikmenys: lot. Lepilemur angl. sportive and weasel lemurs; sportive lemurs; weasel lemurs vok.… …
67weasel out of something — in. to get out of oing something; to wiggle out of a responsibility. □ I know how to weasel out of something like that. You get a headache. □ You can’t just weasel out now when we need you! …
68weasel-worded — adjective evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement • Syn: ↑hedged • Similar to: ↑qualified * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|wərdə̇d adjective Etymology: weasel word + ed : containing weasel words : phrased with deliberate ambiguity : lacking… …
69weasel cat — noun : linsang * * * weasel cat noun A civet like animal of Borneo and Java, the linsang • • • Main Entry: ↑weasel …
70weasel out — {v. phr.} To renege on a previous promise; not keep an obligation for some not always straight reason. * /I m so tired I think I am going to weasel my way out of going to that meeting this afternoon./ …
