1. plural of ferreting; instances or acts of searching or hunting with ferrets, or of searching persistently for something hidden or lost
Usage: Usually used in the plural form; Can refer to literal hunting with ferrets or figurative persistent searching

Examples

• The ferretings through the old documents finally uncovered the missing deed.
• His ferretings in the attic revealed boxes of forgotten family photographs.
• The detective's ferretings into the suspect's background proved crucial to solving the case.
• After weeks of ferretings, she found the lost letters in a hidden compartment.
• The journalist's ferretings exposed corruption in the local government.
• Their ferretings with trained ferrets successfully cleared the rabbit population from the warren.