weasel
71weasel word — {n.}, {informal} A word which has more than one meaning and may be used to deceive others. * /When the thief was being questioned by the police, he tried to fool them with weasel words./ …
72weasel 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./ …
73weasel word — {n.}, {informal} A word which has more than one meaning and may be used to deceive others. * /When the thief was being questioned by the police, he tried to fool them with weasel words./ …
74weasel word — noun Etymology: from the weasel s reputed habit of sucking the contents out of an egg while leaving the shell superficially intact Date: 1900 a word used in order to evade or retreat from a direct or forthright statement or position …
75weasel out — verb a) To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.) With the costs of Desert Shield likely to double, Congress fumes at those allies who seem to be weaseling out of their pledges to help. b) To …
76weasel clause — noun An escape clause; a clause in a legal contract permitting one of the parties to escape ( weasel out of ) its obligations under some circumstances. Syn: escape clause …
77weasel word — Synonyms and related words: ambiguity, amphibology, counterword, dodging, double entendre, equivocal, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, evasion, fencing, parrying, polysemant, portmanteau word, prevarication, pun, shuffle, squinting… …
78weasel and stoat — Cockney Rhyming Slang Coat I left my weasel in the pub …
79weasel\ 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 …
80weasel\ word — noun informal A word which has more than one meaning and may be used to deceive others. When the thief was being questioned by the police, he tried to fool them with weasel words …
