Examples of weasel

• Is this just a way for the ethnographer to weasel out of a problematic interview?

• The signifier is that weasel word 'optimal' in this book's title.

• Both geophysical groups used weasels.

• Running the weasel back and forth to compact these layers achieved an improved coupling of the sound waves with the main body of firn and newer ice layers.

• But after a few weasel words he dodged away from the issue and, like the rest of his party, refused to answer.

• Some weasel words have been introduced into some of the guidance circulars on which consultation is now taking place.

• We should talk in gallons, because litre is a weasel word and conceals any increase.

• If new clause 11 is agreed to, stoats, weasels, wild boar and mink will remain covered by part 2, plus any other quarry species.