weasel

noun
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  1. a small wild animal with red-brown fur, a long thin body, and short legs. Weasels eat smaller animals.鼬;黄鼠狼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.

weasel

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they weasel
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he / she / it weasels
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past simple weaselled
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past participle weaselled
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(North American English) past simple weaseled
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(North American English) past participle weaseled
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-ing form weaselling
🔊/ˈwiːzlɪŋ/
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(North American English) -ing form weaseling
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Phrasal Verbs
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    Word OriginOld English wesle, wesule, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wezel and German Wiesel.