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weasel
 
NOUN:One who behaves in a stealthy, furtive way: prowler, sneak, sneaker. See MOVE.
VERB:To use evasive or deliberately vague language: equivocate, euphemize, hedge, shuffle, tergiversate. Informal : pussyfoot, waffle. Idioms: beat about (or around) the bush, mince words. See CLEAR.
 
 
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