Weasel

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Weasel \Wea"sel\, n. [OE. wesele, AS. wesle; akin to D. wezel,
     G. wiesel, OHG. wisala, Icel. hreyiv[imac]sla, Dan.
     v[aum]sel, Sw. vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. ?, ?,
     cat, weasel.] (Zool.)
     Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to
     the genus {Putorius}, as the ermine and ferret. They have a


     slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of
     their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in
     destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other
     species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others
     are brown at all seasons.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Malacca weasel}, the rasse.
  
     {Weasel coot}, a female or young male of the smew; -- so
        called from the resemblance of the head to that of a
        weasel. Called also {weasel duck}.
  
     {Weasel lemur}, a short-tailed lemur ({Lepilemur
        mustelinus}). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown
        below, with the throat white.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  weasel
       n : small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body
           and neck

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  86 Moby Thesaurus words for "weasel":
     Argus, Cape polecat, Skimobile, Sno-Cat, ape, avoid, back and fill,
     bar, bear, blade, blench, blink, cat, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee,
     coon, cringe, dodge, draw back, duck, eagle, equivocate, evade,
     fade, fall back, ferret, flinch, foumart, glutton, groundhog,
     guinea pig, hang back, hawk, hedge, hedgehog, hem and haw,
     hum and haw, jib, lynx, mince the truth, mince words, monk, monkey,
     mousehound, opossum, palter, parry, polecat, porcupine, possum,
     prairie dog, prevaricate, pull back, pussyfoot, quail, quill pig,
     raccoon, recoil, reel back, retreat, runner, sheer off, shrink,
     shrink back, shuffle, shy, sidestep, skunk, sled, sleigh, slink,
     sneaker, snowmobile, start aside, start back, swerve, tergiversate,
     turn aside, waffle, weasel out, whistle-pig, wince, wolverine,
     woodchuck, zoril
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  weasel n. [Cambridge] A naive user, one who deliberately or
     accidentally does things that are stupid or ill-advised. Roughly
     synonymous with {loser}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  weasel
       
           (Cambridge) A naive user, one who deliberately
          or accidentally does things that are stupid or ill-advised.
          Roughly synonymous with {loser}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-03-21)
       
       

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Weasel
     (Heb. holedh), enumerated among unclean animals (Lev. 11:29).
     Some think that this Hebrew word rather denotes the mole (Spalax
     typhlus) common in Palestine. There is no sufficient reason,
     however, to depart from the usual translation. The weasel tribe
     are common also in Palestine.