(colloquial) To search for something by sorting through materials or (in the case of information) by speaking to contacts and following leads.

The sport of keeping a live ferret in one's trousers for as long as possible.

Synonym of ferret around

present participle of ferret around

simple past tense and past participle of ferret around

(zoology) any of several small mustelid omnivores of the genus Melogale, of southern and eastern Asia, having a bushy tail and distinctive white or yellow markings on a black face.

plural of ferret-badger