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ferreting around

ferreting around is the present participle and gerund of ferret around.

Meaning of ferret around

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial) To search for something by sorting through materials or (in the case of information) by speaking to contacts and following leads.
    • We need to know more about this new chap. Why don't you go to his home town and ferret around a bit? See what you can come up with.
    Synonyms:
    ferret about

Questions about ferreting around

What is ferreting around the present participle and gerund of?
Ferreting around is the present participle and gerund of ferret around.

Words near ferreting around in the dictionary

  1. ferreted out
  2. ferreter
  3. ferreters
  4. ferreting
  5. ferreting about
  6. ferreting around
  7. ferreting out
  8. ferretings
  9. Ferretiz
  10. Ferretizes
  11. ferretlike

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