weaseled

verb

past tense of weasel
as in shook
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 Synonyms for weaseled
  1. shook
  2. ducked
  3. equivocated
  4. hedged
  5. waffled
  6. dodged
  7. evaded
  8. fudged
Verb
  • Each blast was louder than the one before, and the walls of the house shook violently.
    — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
  • Last October, a roaring blast and fire at Chevron’s El Segundo plant stayed within the refinery footprint but the noise shook the neighborhood and turned the sky sunset-orange, then smoky.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of shook
Verb
  • Collin Morikawa birdied 18 to catch Scheffler and ducked into the clubhouse at 20 under as the rains descended upon the TPC River Highlands.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • Soon enough, patrons figured out there was a movie star in their midst and began clamoring to meet him, so Damon ducked behind the bar to hide.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
Definition of ducked
Verb
  • The White House has reportedly equivocated its support of Means in recent weeks.
    — Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Brooks, for his part, equivocated … A bout of frantic rebranding ensued.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of equivocated
Verb
  • The coach confirmed Salah’s availability at Thursday’s news conference, but hedged on exactly what that might look like.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Khan has lately hedged any talk of a digital transformation.
    — Mike Goldstein, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026
Definition of hedged
Verb
  • Germany, which represents the EU’s biggest economy and export market, has waffled over hitting China with sanctions or duties, worried about retaliatory measures.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
  • But as Topuria protested and the doctor waffled, Goddard and the UFC ruled the bout would continue.
    — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 15 June 2026
Definition of waffled
Verb
  • Rhodes fought out of it and dodged a running boot from Gunther.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • But Hawaii has largely dodged the insurance crisis that has engulfed the mainland, with premiums near the national average and a 2% decrease projected this year by Insurify.
    — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Definition of dodged
Verb
  • An independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades heard arguments on how improper practices that evaded regulatory oversight turned a small fire into a tragedy as the case neared its conclusion Friday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
  • Still, several popular chains have sadly evaded the KC metro.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Definition of evaded
Verb
  • Orange Lutheran reexamined the paperwork, found it had been fudged, self-reported its findings to the CIF-SS office and now is 2-6 overall going into Friday’s game against Santa Margarita.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Local police department statistics show violent crime in Washington has declined in recent years, but Trump has countered, without offering evidence, that the numbers were fudged.
    — Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Definition of fudged
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