weasel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiːz(ə)l/
enpr: wēʹzəl
enpr: wēzʹl
ipa: /ˈwizəl/
ipa: /ˈwizl̩/
rhymes: -iːzəl
Forms: form: weasels
form: weazel
form: weazle
Etymology: From Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule, from Proto-West Germanic *wisulā, from Proto-Germanic *wisulǭ.
The verb is from c. 1900, from the supposed cunningness of the weasel.
Senses: examples: text: An old traditional prescription for provoking erotic inclinations ran as follows, The toe of the foot of a man, anointed with oil, or honey, or the ashes of a weasel.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 234:
glosses: Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genera Mustela, Neogale, Poecilogale, and Lyncodon, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
glosses: A least weasel (Mustela nivalis).
glosses: Any of certain other species of the family Mustelidae.
examples: text: Once you've gone beyond the scripted speeches, soundbites and cliches, you'll notice how the debate about leadership is primarily divided between the three governors and two senators, the other two weasels, Donald Trump and Ben Carson notwithstanding.
ref: 2016 February 8, Marwan Bishara, “Why Obama fails the leadership test in the Middle East”, in Al Jazeera English:
glosses: A devious or sneaky person or animal.
glosses: 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.
Synonyms: sense: any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela
word: mustela
Derived terms: sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Poecilogale albinucha
word: African striped weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela altaica
word: Altai weasel
sense: Mustelidae
alt: Neogale africana
word: Amazon weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela strigidorsa
word: back-striped weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela cicognanii
word: Bonaparte's weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela frenata
word: bridled weasel
sense: Mustelidae
alt: Neogale felipei
word: Colombian weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela nivalis
word: common weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela nivalis
word: dwarf weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela nivalis subpalmata
word: Egyptian weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mellivora capensis
word: honey weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela itatsai
word: Japanese weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela nivalis
word: least weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela nivalis
word: little weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela frenata
word: long-tailed weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Viverricula malaccensis
word: Malacca weasel
sense: Mustelidae
word: Malay weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela nudipes
word: Malayan weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela altaica
word: mountain weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela frenata noveboracensis
word: New York weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela altaica
word: pale weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Lyncodon patagonicus
word: Patagonian weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela nivalis
word: pygmy weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela richardsonii
word: short-tailed weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela sibirica
word: Siberian weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Poecilogale albinucha
word: snake weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela strigidorsa
word: stripe-backed weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Vormela spp.
word: tiger weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela tonkinensis
word: Tonkin weasel
sense: Mustelidae
alt: Neogale vison
word: vison weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela erminea
word: white weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela sibirica
word: yellow weasel
sense: Mustelidae
taxonomic: Mustela kathiah
word: yellow-bellied weasel
sense: other
word: chalk-eating weasel
sense: other
word: honey weasel
sense: other
word: weasel clause
sense: other
word: weasel war dance
sense: other
word: weasel-faced
sense: other
word: weasel-like
sense: other
word: IceWeasel
sense: other
alt: Pronodon spp.; Poiana richardsoni
word: weasel cat
sense: other
word: weasel coot
sense: other
word: weasel duck
sense: other
taxonomic: Euphractus spp.
word: weasel-headed armadillo
sense: other
taxonomic: Lepilemur mustelinus
word: weasel lemur
sense: other
word: weaselly
sense: other
word: weasely
sense: other
taxonomic: Solpugidae spp.
word: weasel spider
sense: other
word: weasel word
sense: other
word: wild weasel