"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 with particle (around)",
          "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."
        }
      ],
      "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 with particle (around)",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "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."
        }
      ],
      "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"
}