as in to shake
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
the polite guest chose to weasel rather than admit that he didn't like the meal
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Recent Examples of weasel
Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Trying to weasel things by providing additional levels is abhorrent.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
As usual, Snout the weasel was sneaking around, looking for an opportunity to snatch everyone’s food.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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Verb
One of Wishman’s most Sapphic films is this gritty black-and-white sexploitation shocker about assassins who weasel their way into an apartment shared by two lesbians in order to kill a foreign dignitary.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Trying to weasel things by providing additional levels is abhorrent.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
Skunks are mammals that are more like weasels than rodents.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
As usual, Snout the weasel was sneaking around, looking for an opportunity to snatch everyone’s food.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weasel
Verb
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Light shaking was detected, and people in several cities - including Hercules, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and Fremont - reported feeling the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Trim the dead parts, shake the soil off, and store them in a cool, dark location where they are protected from the cold.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Rodents, possums, and skunks show up to snack on the flesh and seeds.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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While striped skunk is edible, Coalition Brewing warns against its strong odor, scavenger diet and susceptibility to parasites.—
Stuart Dyos,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With one skate behind the goal line, some feet away from the end boards, Curl-Salemme fired it in off Chuli's shoulder, who seemed to have to duck her head to not get hit by the shot.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Dec. 2025
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Andy Byron, then CEO of tech company Astronomer, and the company’s Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot broke away from a cosy embrace and ducked for cover to avoid being caught on kiss cam.—
Will Barker,
TheWeek,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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If an entrance hole is too large, smaller nesting birds will be vulnerable to predators and invasive species, including house sparrows, larger birds of prey, squirrels, snakes and even cats, which Hamlin says are birds’ top predators.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Jan. 2026
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According to reports, there were fights in the snake-like queue that formed.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In denying Bressington’s application, Judge William Alsup noted that the guitarist’s lawyers hedged on filing a defamation lawsuit.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jan. 2026
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First, Erickson highlighted that AWS has the most diversified and hedged revenue sources, with its core business largely unaffected by generative AI and not a competitor of ChatGPT maker OpenAI.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Carolina’s defense did its part, turning former Panther Sam Darnold over twice (a Mike Jackson interception, a Nic Scourton strip-sack) and also stopping Darnold short on a fourth-and-1 sneak.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Dec. 2025
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Rivers went five-plus consecutive NFL seasons without attempting a sneak, in large part because head coaches Norv Turner and Mike McCoy were against it.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Dec. 2025
Verb
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While Abigail Spanberger stood with her running mate Jay Jones and his murderous fantasies, and evaded every direct question including equivocating over men being in locker rooms with girls.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
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Grijalva’s swearing-in has sparked a partisan furor on Capitol Hill, as Johnson equivocates on the timeline ahead and Democrats accuse him of delaying the ceremony for political reasons.—
Laura Gersony,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Today's machines can scan your home, dodge obstacles, empty themselves, and adapt their cleaning strategy room by room.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Nov. 2025
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Thaon recalled swimming through snow and dodging rocks until help arrived.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Weasel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weasel. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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