Antonyms for weasel


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : wee-zuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwi zəl


Definition of weasel

Origin :
  • Old English weosule, wesle "weasel," from Proto-Germanic *wisulon (cf. Old Norse visla, Middle Dutch wesel, Dutch wezel, Old High German wisula, German Wiesel), probably related to Proto-Germanic *wisand- "bison" (see bison), with a base sense of "stinking animal," because both animals have a foul, musky smell (cf. Latin vissio "stench"). A John Wesilheued ("John Weaselhead") turns up on the Lincolnshire Assize Rolls for 1384, but the name seems not to have endured, for some reason.
  • noun sneak
  • verb avoid, evade
Example sentences :
  • The wolverene is a big cousin to the weasel, and also to the skunk.
  • Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • HE Otter belongs to a class of animals which we may call the Weasel tribe.
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox Stories of Natural History » by Anonymous
  • The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds.
  • Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop
  • He connected this fact with Uncle Remus's allusions to the weasel.
  • Extract from : « Nights With Uncle Remus » by Joel Chandler Harris
  • In shape it is somewhat like a weasel, and is the largest of the tree martens.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Sigmund went searching for the herb he saw the weasel carry to his comrade.
  • Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum
  • It was the same leaf as the weasel had brought to his comrade.
  • Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum
  • Digger the Badger is just as much a cousin of yours as is Shadow the Weasel.
  • Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • There's nothing about him that looks like a Weasel, that I could see.
  • Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • But all but Shadow the Weasel hunt me when they are hungry and need food.
  • Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess

Synonyms for weasel

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