verb
- present participle of weasel; avoiding a commitment or responsibility through evasive or deceitful behavior
Usage: informal
Examples
- He’s weaselling out of his promise to help with the project.
- Stop weaselling and give me a straight answer.
- She accused him of weaselling when he tried to change the subject.
- The politician was weaselling around the controversial question.
- I caught him weaselling out of his responsibilities again.
- They’re weaselling their way out of paying the full amount.