weasel

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
weasel
    n 1: a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky
    2: small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body
       and neck
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Weasel \Wea"sel\, n. [OE. wesele, AS. wesle; akin to D. wezel,
   G. wiesel, OHG. wisala, Icel. hreyiv[imac]sla, Dan.
   v[aum]sel, Sw. vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. ?, ?,
   cat, weasel.] (Zool.)
   Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to
   the genus {Putorius}, as the ermine and ferret. They have a
   slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of
   their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in
   destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other
   species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others
   are brown at all seasons.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Malacca weasel}, the rasse.

   {Weasel coot}, a female or young male of the smew; -- so
      called from the resemblance of the head to that of a
      weasel. Called also {weasel duck}.

   {Weasel lemur}, a short-tailed lemur ({Lepilemur
      mustelinus}). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown
      below, with the throat white.
      [1913 Webster]
from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
weasel
 n.

   [Cambridge] A naive user, one who deliberately or accidentally does
   things that are stupid or ill-advised. Roughly synonymous with
   {loser}.
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
weasel

   <jargon, abuse> (Cambridge) A naive user, one who deliberately
   or accidentally does things that are stupid or ill-advised.
   Roughly synonymous with {loser}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-03-21)
from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Weasel
(Heb. holedh), enumerated among unclean animals (Lev. 11:29).
Some think that this Hebrew word rather denotes the mole (Spalax
typhlus) common in Palestine. There is no sufficient reason,
however, to depart from the usual translation. The weasel tribe
are common also in Palestine.
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "weasel":
      Argus, Cape polecat, Skimobile, Sno-Cat, ape, avoid, back and fill,
      bar, bear, blade, blench, blink, cat, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee,
      coon, cringe, dodge, draw back, duck, eagle, equivocate, evade,
      fade, fall back, ferret, flinch, foumart, glutton, groundhog,
      guinea pig, hang back, hawk, hedge, hedgehog, hem and haw,
      hum and haw, jib, lynx, mince the truth, mince words, monk, monkey,
      mousehound, opossum, palter, parry, polecat, porcupine, possum,
      prairie dog, prevaricate, pull back, pussyfoot, quail, quill pig,
      raccoon, recoil, reel back, retreat, runner, sheer off, shrink,
      shrink back, shuffle, shy, sidestep, skunk, sled, sleigh, slink,
      sneaker, snowmobile, start aside, start back, swerve, tergiversate,
      turn aside, waffle, weasel out, whistle-pig, wince, wolverine,
      woodchuck, zoril
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