ferret

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits

   I keep two ferrets in my home.

2. 2
   noun

   musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States

   The farm was filled with ferrets.

3. 3
   verb

   to search and discover through persistent investigation

   They ferreted around before finding the truth.

4. 4
   verb

   to hunt with ferrets

   I often go ferreting on the weekends.

From Middle English furet, ferret, from Old French furet, from Vulgar Latin *furittum (“weasel, ferret”), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).

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