ferret
鼬
definition
verb
Their excuse, said Mr Evans, was that they were visiting Cumbria for rabbiting and ferreting - an implausible explanation at a time when people were not allowed on to farmland because of the foot-and-mouth epidemic.
(of a person) hunt with ferrets, typically for rabbits.
noun
Fishers are among the least understood of the weasel family, or mustelids, which also includes martens, minks, ermines, ferrets , badgers, otters, and wolverines.
a domesticated polecat kept as a pet or used, especially in Europe, for catching rabbits. It is typically albino or brown.
example
Directors always see something in you that you have to kind of 'ferret' out, in a way.
The black-footed 'ferret' has come a long way since the late 1970s, when many people feared that it was extinct.
Mr Smith then visited Saudi Arabia twice trying to 'ferret' the truth out of the authorities.
The black-footed 'ferret' , swift fox, mountain plover, ferruginous hawk, burrowing owl, and other species are dependent upon prairie dogs to varying degrees.
The wild black-footed 'ferret' , indigenous to North America, is an endangered species.
she had the ability to 'ferret' out the facts
Each day he and his small team 'ferret' out the wholesale price of produce, a difficult task, given that transactions between producers and wholesalers aren't disclosed and prices aren't displayed.
Opposite me sat a man with a 'ferret' or stoat (I'm not sure of the difference) sitting in the inside pocket of his jacket, from where it surveyed the rest of the carriage as he stroked its silky head.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists the black-footed 'ferret' as an endangered species.
he had a quick 'ferret' around
she had the ability to 'ferret' out the facts
The good folks at the American Physical Society have noticed this, and have even initiated a contest to help 'ferret' out the reason for the equation's appearance.
The predators included 13 raptors, ranging from great-horned owls to the American kestrel, and a domestic cat and a 'ferret' .
What we don't need is a witch hunt against the American people, 'ferreting' through their private lives or detaining them because of their ethnicity.
So the issues don't get driven by the elected officials inside the institution, and I think that's one of the reasons that the press doesn't necessarily 'ferret them out' .
The main purveyor is the 'ferrety' Draco Malfoy, who brings a particularly Aryan look to his baleful glare and assorted discriminations.
He probably meant to sound authoritative, but only succeeded in sounding 'ferrety' .
There's definitely a gap in the fashion market for guinea pigs, 'ferrets' and hamsters.
They had a cleaning lady come and clean most of the time, and Sara was always 'ferreting' around, trying to make the house look like an interior designing magazine, which again made me mad.
Fishers are among the least understood of the weasel family, or mustelids, which also includes martens, minks, ermines, 'ferrets' , badgers, otters, and wolverines.
The production will tell the classic story of Toad, Mole, Ratty and Badger trying to overcome the evil 'ferrets' , weasels and stoats who threaten to overrun the riverbank.
Scientists estimate the 'ferrets' once occupied prairie dog towns spread between northern Mexico and southern Canada and west from the Rocky Mountains into the Great Plains.
Goldman 'ferrets' through the dirty laundry of the movie business and examines the stains (including his own) with forensic detail.
As mustelids - stoats, 'ferrets' and weasels - were highly mobile and curious, it would be expected that if there were stoats on the island they would have encountered one of the tunnels or traps in their travels.
This is not the way search engines work right now, where they generally search for phrases or words in the entire content of the pages they can see, 'ferreting' around in more of a rummage than a skilled and honed inquiry.
But they also can treat pets like birds, 'ferrets' and rabbits.
We 'ferreted' several warrens, and thus several breeding groups, in each capture area.
Europeans arrived in the early 1800s, bringing with them mustelids (stoats, 'ferrets' , and weasels), cats, and two more species of rats.
As if any time spent by reporters 'ferreting' out the truth - and by Congress overseeing - would otherwise be spent tossing sandbags on the levee, disinfecting the Superdome, or driving evacuees to Houston.
He was 'ferreting' around for his cash when one of them allegedly spotted a bobby on patrol, and as he made himself look inconspicuous they swapped the laptop case for another.
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