Find your perfect word!

Definition weasel

Etymology

From Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule, from Proto-Germanic *wisul?. The verb comes from the supposed cunningness of the weasel.

Noun

weasel (plural weasels)

1. The least weasel, Mustela nivalis.
2. Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
3. The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family.
4. A devious or sneaky person or animal.
5. A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder.

Verb

weasel (third-person singular simple present weasels, present participle weaseling or weaselling, simple past and past participle weaseled or weaselled)

1. (transitive) To achieve by clever or devious means.
2. (transitive or reflexive) To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means.
3. (intransitive) To engage in clever or devious behavior.

Results 237 Words with the letters WEASEL

You can also try words with the phrase WEASEL, words starting with the letters WEASEL, or words ending in the letters WEASEL.

Favorites Searches

Words… ending with q, starting with q, starting with qa, starting with qo, with two letters, starting with x, starting with j, ending with j,

Some random searches: Words with the letters WPGI, Words with the letters FUF, Words with the letters ZASM, Words with the letters VFZA,