débusquer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ferret noun A small, slender, domesticated relative of the weasel, sometimes used to hunt rabbits and other burrowing animals.
Senses
débusquer is used for these senses in English:
- ferret (by extension, ambitransitive) To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.
- ferret out (transitive) To discover something after searching.
- track down (idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.
ferret — full definition
- noun A small, slender, domesticated relative of the weasel, sometimes used to hunt rabbits and other burrowing animals.
- noun A person who searches persistently and thoroughly.
- verb To search persistently until something hidden is found (usually "ferret out").