transcription, транскрипция: [ ferɪt ]
( ferrets, ferreting, ferreted)
1.
A ferret is a small, fierce animal which is used for hunting rabbits and rats.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ferret about for something, you look for it in a lot of different places or in a place where it is hidden. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
She nonetheless continued to ferret about for possible jobs...
She ferreted among some papers.
= search
VERB : V about/around , V prep