| Main Entry: | weasel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid, evade |
Synonyms: |
balk, beat around the bush, circumvent, cop out, dance around an issue, dodge, duck, elude, equivocate, eschew, flee, get around, give the runaround, hedge, hem and haw, lay low, pussyfoot, put off, renege, shirk, shuck, sidestep, slip out, sneak away, tap dance, waffle, welsh, worm one's way out of |
| Main Entry: | welsh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | renege, swindle |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle, beat around the bush, bilk, cheat, con, cop out, deceive, defraud, dodge, duck, dupe, fleece, flimflam, fool, gull, hoodwink, pull a fast one, rip off, sandbag, scam, shaft, slip out, stiff*, sting*, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, trick, weasel, worm one's way out of |