Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - weasel
Weasel
weasel
n. & v. --n. 1 a small reddish-brown flesh-eating mammal, Mustela nivalis, with a slender body, related to the stoat and ferret. 2 a stoat. 3 colloq. a deceitful or treacherous person. --v.intr. (weaselled, weaselling; US weaseled, weaseling) 1 esp. US equivocate or quibble. 2 (foll. by on, out) default on an obligation. Phrases and idioms weasel-faced having thin sharp features. weasel word (usu. in pl.) a word that is intentionally ambiguous or misleading. Derivatives weaselly adj. Etymology: OE wesle, wesule f. WG
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I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule; akin to Old High German wisula ~ Date: before 12th century any of various small slender active carnivorous mammals (genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae, the ~ family) that are able to prey on animals (as rabbits) larger than themselves, are mostly brown with white or yellowish underparts, and in northern forms turn white in winter, a light self-propelled tracked vehicle built either for traveling over snow, ice, or sand or as an amphibious vehicle, a sneaky, untrustworthy, or insincere person, II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: ~ word Date: 1900 intransitive verb to use ~ words ; equivocate, to escape from or evade a situation or obligation, transitive verb to manipulate shiftily ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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