WEASEL WORD

Meaning of WEASEL WORD in English

Function: noun

Etymology: from the weasel's reputed habit of sucking the contents out of an egg while leaving the shell superficially intact

Date: 1900

: a word used in order to evade or retreat from a direct or forthright statement or position

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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 — [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 WORD — n. , informal A word which has more than one meaning and may be used to deceive others. When the …
American Idioms English 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
WORD
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 …
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