Thesaurus / weasel
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Some listeners may recall that in 2016, the Large Hadron Collider, which is a big ol’ particle collider in Switzerland, shut down because of a weasel.
DEATH ‘BY PLANET’ WAS SURPRISINGLY COMMON IN THE 1600SPOPSCI STAFFNOVEMBER 24, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCECourage, that a poor private carrying a musket has to spare of; that does not fail a weasel or a rat; that is a brutish faculty?
THE POCKET R.L.S.ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThey have both been sometimes confounded with the weasel of Virginia, the genet, the musk-deer, and even with the hyna.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME VII (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFONHe is called the weasel armadillo, because his head is nearly of the same form as a weasel.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME VII (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFONThen the father recollected his perjured vow, and his witnesses, the weasel and the well.
HEBRAIC LITERATURE; TRANSLATIONS FROM THE TALMUD, MIDRASHIM AND KABBALAVARIOUS"They are following our people toward the lodges of the Ogalalas," Painted Weasel told him.
THREE SIOUX SCOUTSELMER RUSSELL GREGORSoon afterward they saw the famous scout, Painted Weasel, racing toward them.
THREE SIOUX SCOUTSELMER RUSSELL GREGOR"My brother, we saw some smoke a long way ahead of us," Painted Weasel said, excitedly.
THREE SIOUX SCOUTSELMER RUSSELL GREGORSome of the warriors proposed riding back to the ridge with Painted Weasel to reconnoiter.
THREE SIOUX SCOUTSELMER RUSSELL GREGORIn the meantime Painted Weasel had ridden away to acquaint his companions with the plans of the war party.
THREE SIOUX SCOUTSELMER RUSSELL GREGORWORDS RELATED TO WEASEL
- circumlocuted
- darked
- deceived
- ditched
- ducked
- eluded
- equivocated
- escaped
- evaded
- fenced
- fended off
- fudged
- gave the slip
- got around
- got out of
- hedged
- juked
- lurched
- malingered
- moved to the side
- parried
- pussyfooted
- put the move on
- shifted
- shirked
- shook
- shook off
- short-circuited
- shuffled
- sidestepped
- skipped out on
- skirted
- slid
- slipped
- swerved
- tergiversated
- tergiversed
- tricked
- turned aside
- weaseled
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- blow hot and cold
- cavil
- cloud the issue
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- dodge
- double-talk
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- falsify
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- fudge
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hem and haw
- jive
- lie
- mince words
- palter
- parry
- pass the buck
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- run around
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- stonewall
- tell white lie
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- waffle
- weasel
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- beat around bush
- beg the question
- bypass
- cavil
- circumvent
- conceal
- confuse
- cop out
- deceive
- decline
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- fence
- fend off
- flee
- fly
- fudge
- get around
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hide
- keep distance
- lay low
- lead on a merry chase
- lie
- parry
- pass up
- pretend
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- put off
- shift
- shirk
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- slip out
- sneak away
- steer clear of
- tergiversate
- trick
- waffle
- weasel
- accuser
- adviser
- announcer
- betrayer
- blab
- blabbermouth
- canary
- crier
- deep throat
- double-crosser
- fat mouth
- finger
- fink
- fork tongue
- herald
- interviewer
- journalist
- messenger
- nark
- newsman
- notifier
- preacher
- propagandist
- rat
- ratfink
- singer
- snake
- sneak
- snitcher
- songbird
- source
- squealer
- stool pigeon
- stoolie
- tattler
- tattletale
- tipster
- weasel
- avoid
- be noncommittal
- beat around the bush
- creep
- dodge
- duck the issues
- equivocate
- evade
- glide
- hedge
- hem and haw
- lurk
- play it close to the vest
- prevaricate
- prowl
- shuffle
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- skirt
- skulk
- slide
- slink
- slip
- sneak
- steal
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- tiptoe
- tread warily
- watch one's step
- weasel
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