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weasel wording

weasel wording is the present participle and gerund of weasel word.

Meaning of weasel word

Verb

weasel word (third-person singular simple present weasel words, present participle weasel wording, simple past and past participle weasel worded)

  1. To use weasel words.
    • Now Sears looked down at the person fate had put closer to him than anyone else in the world, and knew that Ricky was thinking that he had weasel-worded his way out of the last question.1979, Peter Straub, Ghost Story

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Questions about weasel wording

What is weasel wording the present participle and gerund of?
Weasel wording is the present participle and gerund of weasel word.

Words near weasel wording in the dictionary

  1. weasel out
  2. weasel war dance
  3. weasel war dances
  4. weasel word
  5. weasel worded
  6. weasel wording
  7. weasel words
  8. weasel-faced
  9. weasel-like
  10. weaseled
  11. weaseled into

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