weaseling

verb

Definition of weaselingnext
present participle of weasel
as in waffling
to avoid giving a definite answer or position the polite guest chose to weasel rather than admit that he didn't like the meal

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weaseling
  1. shaking
  2. dodging
  3. evading
Verb
  • Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the video, a terrified Archie can be seen frozen, staring and shaking.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of shaking
Verb
  • Players explored the dungeon and pieced together the story at their own pace while dodging lethal traps and encounters.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Then, on January 17, Jamie Foxx stars in Back in Action, an explosive Netflix original about spies navigating family life while dodging danger.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of dodging
Verb
  • Rich had fled to Switzerland in 1983 after he was indicted on more than 50 counts of fraud and evading more than $48 million in taxes.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Rosado was arrested and charged with engaging police in pursuit, evading responsibility, failure to obey stop sign, reckless driving, unreadable license plates, interfering with an officer, possession with intent to sell narcotics and operating a drug factory.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of evading
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