weasels

• beats about the bush
• beats around the bush
• bypasses
• cavils
• circumvents
• dodges
• ducks
• eludes
• equivocates
• eschews
• evades
• flip-flops
• fudges
• hedges
• hems and haws
• lurkers
• pussyfoots
• quibbles
• shakes
• sharpers
• sharpies
• shirks
• shuns
• sidesteps
• skirts
• skulkers
• skulks
• skunk
• skunks
• slickers
• slyboots
• snakes
• sneakers
• sneaks
• snoopers
• snoops
• spies
• stalkers
• straddles
• straddles the fence
• swindlers
• tergiversates
• waffles
• yo-yoes

• noun
  1. The least weasel, Mustela nivalis.
  2. Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
  3. The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family.
  4. A devious or sneaky person or animal.
  5. A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder.
• verb
  1. To achieve by clever or devious means.
  2. To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means.
  3. To engage in clever or devious behavior.

• The farmer set traps to keep weasels away from the henhouse.
• He always weasels out of doing the hard parts of the job.
• Weasels are known for their quick and sneaky movements.
• The politician often weasels around direct questions.
• In folklore, weasels are sometimes seen as cunning tricksters.

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