FERRET
(noun) domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
(noun) musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
synonyms : black-footed ferret , mustela nigripes(verb) search and discover through persistent investigation
"She ferreted out the truth"
synonyms : ferret out(verb) hunt with ferrets
(verb) hound or harry relentlessly
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Mnemonics for ferret
(Tag: ) Ferret is also an animal that looks like a large rat. There was a ferret in my house so we hunted it out of its hiding place so as to kill it.
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(Tag: ) ferret sounds like for+rat == i want rat== so hunt it...search for it and hunt it
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(Tag: English) ferret = fair + rate on any item can only be found by a good determined search---other---She tried to ferret out their secret
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(Tag: ) Ferret sounds like Fire Rat out of its hiding
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(Tag: ) ferret => fire out...she fired out the secret...!!!
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(Tag: ) FERRARI+GET...in order to get ferrari, i ferreeted coz the car is just awesome...you can't resist it
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(Tag: ) ferret rhymes with secret.so imagine that someone wants to hunt out a secret
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