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]

	

	weasel
    n 1: a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky
    2: small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body
       and neck

	

	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

	

	weasel
 n.

    [Cambridge] A naive user, one who deliberately or accidentally does things
    that are stupid or ill-advised. Roughly synonymous with loser.

	

	weasel

    (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)

	

	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.