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Definition of weasel noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

weasel

noun
 
/ˈwiːzl/
 
/ˈwiːzl/
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  1. a small wild animal with red-brown fur, a long thin body, and short legs. Weasels eat smaller animals.Topics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWeasel is used before these nouns:
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    Word OriginOld English wesle, wesule, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wezel and German Wiesel.
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