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ferret about

ferret about verb: synonym of ferret around.

Verb

ferret about (third-person singular simple present ferrets about, present participle ferreting about, simple past and past participle ferreted about)

  1. Synonym of ferret around.
    Synonyms:
    ferret around

Synonyms of ferret about

Forms of ferret about

third-person singular presentferrets about
present participleferreting about
past participleferreted about
pastferreted about

Questions about ferret about

What does ferret about mean?
Ferret about means synonym of ferret around.
What part of speech is ferret about?
Ferret about is a verb.
What is the past tense of ferret about?
The past tense of ferret about is ferreted about.

Words near ferret about in the dictionary

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  9. ferret-badger
  10. ferret-badgers
  11. ferret-face

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