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Definitions for Ferret

[1] a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
[2] black-footed ferret.
[3] to drive out by using or as if using a ferret (often followed by out ): to ferret rabbits from their burrows; to ferret out enemies.
[4] to hunt with ferrets.
[5] to hunt over with ferrets: to ferret a field.
[6] to search out, discover, or bring to light (often followed by out ): to ferret out the facts.
[7] to harry, worry, or torment: His problems ferreted him day and night.
[8] to search about.
[9] a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
[10] a domesticated albino variety of the polecat Mustela putorius , bred for hunting rats, rabbits, etc
[11] an assiduous searcher
[12] black-footed ferret a musteline mammal, Mustela nigripes , of W North America, closely related to the weasels
[13] to hunt (rabbits, rats, etc) with ferrets
[14] (tr usually foll by out ) to drive from hiding to ferret out snipers
[15] (tr usually foll by out ) to find by persistent investigation
[16] (intr) to search around
[17] silk binding tape

Words related to Ferret

raid, seize, pillage, rob, plunder, scour, gut, loot, comb, embed, ingrain, explore, inspect, examine, hunt, look, scan, investigate, ransack, probe

Words nearby Ferret

ferredoxin, ferrein's pyramid, ferrel's law, ferreous, ferrero, ferret, ferret badger, ferret out, ferri-, ferriage, ferric

Origin of Ferret

21570–80; alteration of Italian fioretto floss silk, literally, little flower, equivalent to fior(e ) (< Latin flōrem; see flower) + -etto -et

Other words from Ferret

fer·ret·er , noun
fer·ret·y , adjective
un·fer·ret·ed , adjective
un·fer·ret·ing , adjective

Word origin for Ferret

C16: from Italian fioretti floss silk, plural of fioretto : a little flower, from fiore flower, from Latin flōs

Synonyms for Ferret

busybody, detective, eavesdropper, gumshoe, meddler, pragmatist, pry, quidnunc, rubberneck, scout, sleuth, snooper, butt-in, peeping Tom, pryer