Synonyms:
ferret
Meaning: domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
Synonyms:
black-footed_ferret, ferret, Mustela_nigripes
Meaning: musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
ferret_out, ferret
Meaning: search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth"
Synonyms:
ferret
Meaning: hunt with ferrets
Synonyms:
ferret
Meaning: hound or harry relentlessly
Usage examples
He could scarcely hear what it said, so ravished was he, though he controlled his face, for he knew that Mr. Higginbotham's ferret eyes were fixed upon him.
"If homicides in New York went undiscovered, I reasoned, although the best detective talent was employed to ferret them out, it must be true that the detectives went about their work in the wrong way.
Joe stood between two policemen with a rope bound about his body spirally, and the boy Hennie, also bound, beside his fallen bicycle, turned his ferret eyes from side to side as if he hoped even yet to escape.
They are very wise too, and this wisdom is especially displayed in the number of doors they have in each of their dwellings; so that should an enemy, in the shape of a pussy, or a ferret, pop in at one door, Bunny would just pop out at the other.