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What (who) is weasel - definition

GENUS OF MAMMALS

Weasels; Mustela; Weasle; Minkrat; Weasal; English weasel; Weasels in Japanese folklore

Weasel

·noun Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, ·etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons.

weasel

¦ noun

1. a small, slender carnivorous mammal related to, but smaller than, the stoat. [Mustela nivalis and other species.]

Irish term for stoat.

2. informal a deceitful or treacherous person.

¦ verb (weasels, weaselling, weaselled; US weasels, weaseling, weaseled)

1. achieve (something) through cunning or deceit.

2. chiefly N. Amer. behave or talk evasively.

Phrases

weasel words words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading.

Derivatives

weaselly adjective

Origin

OE wesle, wesule, of W. Gmc origin.

weasel

(weasels)

A weasel is a small wild animal with a long thin body, a tail, short legs, and reddish-brown fur.

N-COUNT

Wikipedia

Weasel

Weasels are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae. The genus Mustela includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets, and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender bodies and short legs. The family Mustelidae, or mustelids (which also includes badgers, otters, and wolverines), is often referred to as the "weasel family". In the UK, the term "weasel" usually refers to the smallest species, the least weasel (M. nivalis), the smallest carnivoran species.

Least weasels vary in length from 173 to 217 mm (6+3⁄4 to 8+1⁄2 in), females being smaller than the males, and usually have red or brown upper coats and white bellies; some populations of some species moult to a wholly white coat in winter. They have long, slender bodies, which enable them to follow their prey into burrows. Their tails may be from 34 to 52 mm (1+1⁄4 to 2 in) long.

Weasels feed on small mammals and have from time to time been considered vermin because some species took poultry from farms or rabbits from commercial warrens. They do, on the other hand, eat large numbers of rodents. Their range spans Europe, North America, much of Asia and South America, and small areas in North Africa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel

Examples of use of weasel

1. Pinter himself says he writes about "the weasel under the cocktail cabinet." If you‘ve attended a Pinter play, you‘ve felt the weasel.

2. But the cause of peace demands more than weasel words.

3. Essex Good job that weasel Blair‘s still not in charge.

4. Good job that weasel Blair‘s still not in charge.

5. Naturally, employees do their best to weasel out.