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   weasel

   /ˈwiːzl/

   noun

   • 1. a small, slender carnivorous mammal related to, but smaller than, the stoat.
   • ▪ a stoat. Irish
   • 2. a deceitful or treacherous person: "he was a double-crossing weasel"

   verb

   • 1. achieve something by use of cunning or deceit: "she suspects me of trying to weasel my way into his affections"
   • ▪ behave or talk evasively: "we needed him to take a firm stand, but he weaselled"

   Word Origin Old Englishwesle, wesule, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wezel and German Wiesel.

   Derivatives

   • 1. weaselly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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