Word of the Day for Monday, December 20, 2010
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ferret \FER-it\, verb:
ferret \FER-it\, verb:
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1. To search out, discover, or bring to light.
1. To search out, discover, or bring to light.
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noun:
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1. Domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat.
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verb:
verb:
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1. To drive out by using or as if using a ferret.
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noun:
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1. A narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
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verb:
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1. To harry, worry, or torment.
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It is going to be difficult to replevy all of our civil liberties that the B.O. and his fellow ferrets have spirited away!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Ferret originates in the Latin furonem, both "cat" and "robber." The verb form of ferret relates to the use of half-tame ferrets to kill rats and flush rabbits from burrows.
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