"ferret around" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferrets around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreting around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreted around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreted around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "ferret around (third-person singular simple present ferrets around, present participle ferreting around, simple past and past participle ferreted around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"around\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We need to know more about this new chap. Why don't you go to his home town and ferret around a bit? See what you can come up with.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To search for something by sorting through materials or (in the case of information) by speaking to contacts and following leads."
      ],
      "id": "en-ferret_around-en-verb-l4IICyIZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) To search for something by sorting through materials or (in the case of information) by speaking to contacts and following leads."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ferret about"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferret around"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferrets around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreting around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreted around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferreted around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "ferret around (third-person singular simple present ferrets around, present participle ferreting around, simple past and past participle ferreted around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"around\"",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We need to know more about this new chap. Why don't you go to his home town and ferret around a bit? See what you can come up with.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To search for something by sorting through materials or (in the case of information) by speaking to contacts and following leads."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) To search for something by sorting through materials or (in the case of information) by speaking to contacts and following leads."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ferret about"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ferret around"
}