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weasels

verb , present tense third-person singular of weasel

Synonyms and Antonyms of weasels

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

the polite guest chose to weasel rather than admit that he didn't like the meal

Synonyms of weasels

equivocates, fudges, hedges, pussyfoots, tergiversates, waffles

Words Related to weasels

flip-flops, yo-yoes

dodges, ducks, eludes, eschews, evades, shakes, shirks, shuns, sidesteps, skirts

bypasses, circumvents

cavils, quibbles

Phrases Synonymous with weasels

beats around the bush (or beats about the bush), hems and haws, straddles the fence

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