1. ferret - Noun
2. ferret - Verb
An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.
To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret.
A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.
The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere was a time I thought I was a ferret. Cassandra Clare
Mon ami, if you wish to catch a rabbit you put a ferret into the hole, and if the rabbit is there he runs. That is all I have done. Agatha Christie
a small bewigged ferret. Jani Allan
Science is to be much commended for the ingenuity, the patience, and the persistency it displays in the invention of instruments wherewith to ferret out the secrets of nature. Max Heindel
I am a Topshop homing pigeon! I can walk into the Oxford Circus branch and ferret out the best bits in minutes. Ashley Madekwe
To go rabbit hunting with a dead ferret. Traditional Proverb