weasel
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weasel |
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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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weasel word |
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ambiguity, amphibology, counterword,
dodging, double entendre, equivocal, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, evasion, fencing, parrying, polysemant, portmanteau word, prevarication, pun, shuffle, squinting construction, suppressio veri, tergiversation, weasel words
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Main entries similar to: weasel
animal, antelope, ape, armadillo, avoid, bat, bear, blade,
blench, blink, cat, chimpanzee, cringe, dodge, draw back, duck, eagle, elephant, equivocate, evade, fade, fall back, ferret, flinch, glutton, groundhog, guinea pig, hang back, hare, hawk, hedge,
hem and haw, horse, informer, jib, kangaroo, lynx, mammal, misrepresent, monk, monkey, opossum, palter, parry,
pig, platypus, polecat, porcupine, possum, prevaricate, pull back, pussyfoot, quail, raccoon, rat, recoil, reel,
retreat, runner, sheer off, shrink, shuffle, shy, sidestep, skunk,
sled, sleigh, slink, sneak, start, swerve, tergiversate, turn aside,
waffle, wince, wolverine
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