fox | (noun) alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs | - |
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(noun) a shifty deceptive person | Synonyms: dodger, slyboots |
(noun) the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox | - |
(verb) become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots | - |
(verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fuddle, throw |
(verb) deceive somebody | Synonyms: flim-flam, fob, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick |
foxberry | (noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries | Synonyms: cowberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
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foxglove | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Digitalis | Synonyms: digitalis |
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foxhole | (noun) a small dugout with a pit for individual shelter against enemy fire | Synonyms: fox hole |
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foxhound | (noun) medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes | - |
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foxhunt | (noun) mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox | Synonyms: fox hunting |
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(verb) hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs | - |
foxily | (adverb) in an subtle, cunning manner | Synonyms: artfully, craftily, cunningly, knavishly, slyly, trickily |
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foxiness | (noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | Synonyms: craft, craftiness, cunning, guile, slyness, wiliness |
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foxtail | (noun) grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes | Synonyms: foxtail grass |
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foxtrot | (noun) a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps fixed sequences | Synonyms: fox-trot |
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(verb) dance the foxtrot | - |
foxy | (adjective) marked by skill in deception | Synonyms: crafty, cunning, dodgy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily |
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