"foxes" in the noun sense
1. fox
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
a shifty deceptive person
3. fox
the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
4. Fox, Charles James Fox
English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)
5. Fox, George Fox
English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
6. Fox
a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
7. Fox
the Algonquian language of the Fox
"foxes" in the verb sense
1. flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
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 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
become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
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