Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

ferret

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. ferret (verb)
  2. ferret out (verb)

2ferret

verb

Definition of FERRET

intransitive verb
1
: to hunt with ferrets
2
: to search about
transitive verb
1
a (1) : to hunt (as rabbits) with ferrets (2) : to force out of hiding : flush b : to find and bring to light by searching —usually used with out <ferret out the answers>
2
: harry, worry
— fer·ret·er noun
See ferret defined for English-language learners »

First Known Use of FERRET

15th century

Learn More About FERRET

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: ferret–badger
Previous Word in the Dictionary: ferrer
All Words Near: ferret

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up ferret? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).