Definition of ferret | Bee Dictionary of English

n musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
n domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
v hound or harry relentlessly
v hunt with ferrets
v search and discover through persistent investigation
She ferreted out the truth

And will teachers believe The ferret ate my homework?.
Q What's up with those ferrets Mike Tyson has? I love those guys.
Via the Ferrets for Freedom: The ad should probably be funnier than it actually is.

Letters for the Week of June 19, 2013
Readers sound off on ferrets, Wikileaks, and the drug war. "Different Pets for Different Folks," The Pets Issue, 6/5 Get a Rescue Rat… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
June 19, 2013 - East Bay Express
Blank Park Zoo animals visit Sheffield library
SHEFFIELD — A ferret, gopher tortoise, nine banded armadillo and alligator all came to visit the Sheffield Public Library on Monday as a part of its summer reading program, “Dig Into Reading.”
June 18, 2013 - The Globe Gazette
Chinese Fairy Tales
Submitted by Mark J. Grant, author of Out of the Box, What you don't know can kill you! It is difficult enough, in our world, to ferret out the truth and then make rational decisions based upon what you have found . Europe is a good example of this as liabilities are not acknowledged or counted while the propaganda machines roll out the officially mandated numbers. It doesn't take Sherlock ...
June 17, 2013 - Zero Hedge

Trent Johnston in Independent Online
I think that this will bring some revenue growth. I still don't count on it to be a huge thing on the scale of this business as we really ferret through how far we can dial it up, and what that means for customer experience and customer... Steve Ballmer http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGT7DyhzQ3h00Y6kfNCQOU0mgtXOA VNUNet.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2183539/ballmer-cautions-against&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEc7rD9CrgzeFWBCpng6ZVIiD54yA Feb 19, 2007 37011 47848 ferret The chicken dance came out of when I am out on the dancefloor, the guys say I look like a chicken so that's just a celebratory dance I've given to the guys," said Johnston. "And we also have Dave Langford-Smith who does the ferret as well....
Pat Riley in USA Today
I've got to ferret out the guys who really don't care,Riley said. "I've got to ferret them out of here and just put them on the bench and bring in a bunch of young guys. ...... The season's over for them. That's how they're playing, some...