Duck
Duck verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Usage example: don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work
Weasel
Weasel verb - To avoid giving a definite answer or position.
Usage example: the polite guest chose to weasel rather than admit that he didn't like the meal
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Synonyms for Weasel
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I Am Not Weasel: Hansa is NOT a duck, thank you very much, he's a god who just happens to look like a duck.
Source: Anime / Rage of Bahamut: Genesis -
Through series of events, she comes across a duck egg, whose mother had been killed by the weasel.
- Said old ladies are actually a fox and a weasel who have gotten sick of eating beans and are in the mood for some roast duck...
Source: Fattening the Victim
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