foxnoun
uk/fɒks/us/fɑːks/fox noun (ANIMAL)
B2 [ C ] a wild mammal belonging to the dog family that has a pointed face and ears, a wide tail covered in fur, and often reddish-brown fur
[ U ] the skin of this animal used to make coats and hats
Examples
- The hunt chased the fox until it was too tired and weak to run and then closed in for the kill.
- The hounds had lost the scent of the fox near the river.
- As the fox came into the yard, the chickens began squawking in alarm.
- Dogs, cats, foxes and bats can all carry rabies.
- There was a fox on the prowl earlier.
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Canines (dogs)
- Afghan hound
- Alsatian
- basset hound
- beagle
- bird dog
- dog
- doggy
- fox terrier
- foxhound
- German shepherd
- mastiff
- mongrel
- mutt
- Pekinese
- pit bull terrier
- spaniel
- St Bernard
- terrier
- tracker dog
- vixen
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fox noun (CLEVER PERSON)
[ C usually singular ] someone who is clever and good at deceiving people:
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Sly & devious
- artful
- backdoor
- calculating
- calculation
- conniving
- conspiratorial
- cunning
- devious
- disingenuous
- foxy
- guile
- Machiavellian
- scheme
- sleight of hand
- sneaky
- trick
- tricky
- wily
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fox noun (WOMAN)
[ C ] US informal a sexually attractive woman
foxverb [ T ]
uk/fɒks/us/fɑːks/UKfox verb [ T ] (CONFUSE)
to confuse someone or be too difficult to be understood by someone:
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Puzzle and confuse
- addle
- baffle
- bemuse
- bewilder
- blind sb with science idiom
- cloud
- do sb's head in idiom
- flummox
- fuddle
- knock/throw sb for a loop idiom
- mix
- mix sb up
- muddy
- puzzle
- throw
- throw (sb) a curve (ball) idiom
- throw sb off balance idiom
- tie
- tie sb (up) in knots idiom
- unbalance
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fox verb [ T ] (DECEIVE)
to deceive someone in a clever way
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Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- honeyfuggle
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- ruse
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- shaft
- wool
- worm
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