Ferret definition

Ferret

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WordNet

(1) Domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits

(2) Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct

(3) Search and discover through persistent investigation

"She ferreted out the truth"

(4) Hunt with ferrets

(5) Hound or harry relentlessly

WiktionaryText

From fuiret < furo ‘thief, ferret’, diminutive of fur ‘thief’.

A mammal rather like a weasel, but which was originally bred from the polecat and often trained to hunt rats or rabbits in England.