WEASEL WORD

Meaning of WEASEL WORD in English

n. , informal A word which has more than one meaning and may be used to deceive others. When the thief was being questioned by the police, he tried to fool them with weasel words.

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WEASEL WORD — noun Etymology: from the weasel's reputed habit of sucking the contents out of an egg while leaving the shell superficially …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WEASEL WORD — noun Etymology: weasel (I) + word; from the weasel's reputed habit of sucking the contents out of an egg white …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WEASEL WORD — — weasel-worded , adj. a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WEASEL WORD — n. word that is used to avoid a straight answer, word that is misleading or confusing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WEASEL WORD — Etymology: from the weasel's reputed habit of sucking the contents out of an egg while leaving the shell superficially intact …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WEASEL WORD — Function: noun Etymology: from the weasel's reputed habit of sucking the contents out of an egg while leaving the shell …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WEASEL WORD — [weasel word] n [fr. the weasel's reputed habit of sucking the contents out of an egg while leaving the shell …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WEASEL WORD — noun [ usually pl. ] ( informal , disapproving ) a word that has little meaning, or more than one …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WEASEL WORD — ˈweasel ˌword BrE AmE noun [countable] informal a word used instead of another word when someone wants to be less …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WEASEL WORD — Synonyms and related words : ambiguity, amphibology, counterword, dodging, double entendre, equivocal, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, evasion, fencing, parrying, polysemant, portmanteau …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WEASEL WORD — {n.}, {informal} A word which has more than one meaning and may be used to deceive others. * /When the …
Slang English vocab
WEASEL WORD — {n.}, {informal} A word which has more than one meaning and may be used to deceive others. * /When the …
Словарь английских идиом
WEASEL WORD — vague or ambiguous word (used intentionally) Show that contract to your lawyer. She can find the weasel words.
English Idioms vocabulary
WEASEL — Any of several genera ( carnivore family Mustelidae) of voracious nocturnal predators found throughout the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia. Weasels …
Английский словарь Британика
WORD — I. ˈwərd, ˈwə̄d, ˈwəid noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WEASEL — I. ˈwēzəl noun ( plural weasels also weasel ) Etymology: Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule, wesle; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WORD — /werrd/ , n. 1. a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WEASEL — /wee"zeuhl/ , n. , pl. weasels , ( esp. collectively ) weasel , v. n. 1. any small carnivore of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WORD — I. ˈwərd noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German wort word, Latin verbum, Greek eirein …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WEASEL — I. ˈwē-zəl noun ( plural weasels ) Etymology: Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WORD — noun verbal contention; dispute. 2. word ·noun signal; order; command; direction. 3. word ·noun talk; discourse; speech; language. 4. word …
Webster English vocab
WEASEL — [wea.sel] n, pl weasels [ME wesele, fr. OE weosule; akin to OHG wisula weasel] (bef. 12c) 1 or pl weasel …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WEASEL — any of a number of small carnivores belonging to several genera of the family Mustelidae. Weasels have a very elongated, …
Britannica English vocabulary
WEASEL — weasel BrE AmE ˈwiːz ə l ▷ weasel|ed d ▷ weasel|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ weasel|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WORD — / wɜːd; NAmE wɜːrd/ noun , verb , exclamation ■ noun UNIT OF LANGUAGE 1. [ C ] a single …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WEASEL — / ˈwiːzl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a small wild animal with reddish-brown fur, a long thin body …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORD — I. word 1 S1 W1 /wɜːd $ wɜːrd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ worded , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WEASEL — I. wea ‧ sel 1 /ˈwiːz ə l/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: weosule ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WORD — n. & v. --n. 1 a sound or combination of sounds forming a meaningful element of speech, usu. shown with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WEASEL — n. & v. --n. 1 a small reddish-brown flesh-eating mammal, Mustela nivalis, with a slender body, related to the stoat …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WORD — n. & v. n. 1 a sound or combination of sounds forming a meaningful element of speech, usu. shown with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WEASEL — n. & v. n. 1 a small reddish-brown flesh-eating mammal, Mustela nivalis, with a slender body, related to the stoat …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WORD — n. & v. --n. 1. a sound or combination of sounds forming a meaningful element of speech, usu. shown with …
Oxford English vocab
WEASEL — n. & v. --n. 1. a small reddish-brown flesh-eating mammal, Mustela nivalis, with a slender body, related to the stoat …
Oxford English vocab
WORD — ( words, wording, worded) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A word …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WEASEL — ( weasels) A weasel is a small wild animal with a long thin body, a tail, short legs, and reddish-brown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WEASEL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES weasel word EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And so in their turn came the fox and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WEASEL — [noun] [C] - a small mammal with reddish brown fur and a long body which can kill other small animals …
Cambridge English vocab
WEASEL — n. Any of several genera ( carnivore family Mustelidae) of voracious nocturnal predators found throughout the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WORD — I. noun 1 unit of language ADJECTIVE ▪ two-letter , three-letter , etc. ▪ monosyllabic , polysyllabic ▪ two-syllable , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WEASEL — I. noun Weasel is used before these nouns: ↑ word II. verb Weasel is used with these nouns as the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WORD — See ↑ WORD/PHRASE/SENTENCE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a word of advice ... • ↑ be as good as your word …
Longman Activator English vocab
WORD — n. 25B6; noun the Italian word for ham : TERM, name, expression, designation, locution, vocable; formal appellation. his words were …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WORD — 1. сущ. 1) слово to write a word ≈ сделать запись to coin a word ≈ создать/придумать новое слово to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WEASEL — сущ.; зоол. 1) ласка; мех ласки 2) проныра ∙ to catch a weasel asleep ≈ застать врасплох человека, обычно настороженного …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WORD — word.ogg 1. wɜ:d n 1. слово primary simple, vernacular, accessory word - лингв. корневое простое, исконное, служебное слово half a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WEASEL — weasel.ogg 1. ʹwi:z(ə)l n 1. 1> зоол. горностай, ласка и др. животные семейства куньих ( Mustela gen. ) 2> мех …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WORD — вчт. , связь слово; связь тж. кодовая группа words per minute — слов в минуту; кодовых групп в минуту - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WORD — вчт., связь слово; связь тж. кодовая группа words per minute — слов в минуту; кодовых групп в минуту - address word - alphabetic …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WORD — 1) выражать словами 2) группа символов 3) группа чисел 4) код 5) речь 6) словесный 7) слово • cyclically reduced word — циклически приведенное слово in the broad sense …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WORD — word сущ.1) слово to write a word — сделать запись to coin a word — создать/придумать новое слово to mispronounce …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WEASEL — weasel сущ.; зоол.1) ласка, горностай (и другие животные семейства куньих); мех ласки, горностая и т.д. 2) проныра 3) снегоход; вездеход …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WORD — 1. wɜ:d n 1. слово primary simple, vernacular, accessory word - лингв. корневое простое, исконное, служебное слово half a word …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WEASEL — 1. ʹwi:z(ə)l n 1. 1> зоол. горностай, ласка и др. животные семейства куньих ( Mustela gen. ) 2> мех или …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WORD — 1. сущ. 1) слово to write a word — сделать запись to coin a word — создать / придумать новое …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WEASEL — сущ. ; зоол. 1) а) ласка, горностай ( и другие животные семейства куньих ) б) мех ласки, горностая 2) проныра …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WORD — 1. сущ. 1) слово to write a word — сделать запись to coin a word — создать / придумать новое слово to mispronounce a …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WEASEL — сущ.; зоол. 1) а) ласка, горностай (и другие животные семейства куньих) б) мех ласки, горностая 2) проныра 3) снегоход; вездеход 4) weasel word ни к чему …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WEASEL — 1) ласка (Mustela nivalis) 2) горностай (Mustela erminea) 3) куньи, куницы, куницеобразные (Mustelidae) • - African striped weasel - Alpine weasel - Amazon weasel - bare-footed weasel - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WEASEL — 1) ласка ( Mustela nivalis ) 2) горностай ( Mustela erminea ) 3) куньи, куницы, куницеобразные ( Mustelidae ) • …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
WEASEL — вилять, юлить, уклоняться (от обязательства, обещания), устраняться (от участия в невыгодном деле), отмежёвываться, ускользать ([тж.] ~ out) [вор. жарг.] доносить, быть осведомителем ласка, …
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
WORD — слово - access control word - address word - associatively located word - banner word - binary word - block descriptor word - call word - channel status …
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию
WORD — 1. _n. 1> слово; word for word слово в слово; буквально; by word of mouth устно; на словах; in a …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера

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