Noun
- 1. fox, canine, canid
- usage: alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- 2. dodger, fox, slyboots, deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
- usage: a shifty deceptive person
- 3. fox, fur, pelt
- usage: the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
- 4. Fox, Charles James Fox
- usage: English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)
- 5. Fox, George Fox
- usage: English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
- 6. Fox, Algonquian, Algonquin
- usage: a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
- 7. Fox, Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language
- usage: the Algonquian language of the Fox
Verb
- 1. flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on, deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
- usage: deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
- 2. confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate, be
- usage: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
- 3. fox, spot
- usage: become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
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