Definition of "weasel" []

• Any of various carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a long slender body, a long tail, short legs, and brownish fur that in many species turns white in winter. (noun)
• A person regarded as sneaky or treacherous. (noun)
• To be evasive; equivocate. (verb-intransitive)
• Weasel out Informal To back out of a situation or commitment in a sneaky or cowardly manner. (phrasal-verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The use of a target in weasel is irrelevant; it is required only because the analogy weasel uses is string "fitness" (correspondence to a known Englidh phrase) and string fitness is defined by human convention."
• "March 19th, 2010 at 1: 36 pm tombaker says: the weasel is the only mammal capable of rotating its spine past 180 degrees, as aptly demonstrated in post 43."
• "Wow, the poor weasel is still being kicked around this blog?"