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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fox•y /ˈfɑksi/USA pronunciation adj., -i•er, -i•est. - slyly clever;
cunning;
crafty:a foxy opponent. - Slang Termsphysically attractive.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fox•y (fok′sē),USA pronunciation adj., fox•i•er, fox•i•est. - foxlike;
cunning or crafty;
slyly clever. - yellowish or reddish brown, as of the color of the common red fox.
- Slang Terms
- sexually appealing;
attractive. - stylish;
modish:a foxy outfit. - exciting and appealing, as a place, entertainment, or the like.
- discolored or foxed:pages of a book that had become foxy.
- Wine(of a wine) having the pronounced flavor natural to native American grape varieties, as that of fox grapes or of Concord or Catawba grapes.
- Fine Art(esp. of a painting) having excessively warm tones;
containing too much red.
- 1520–30; 1960–65 for def. 3; fox + -y1
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . wily, tricky, sly, artful.
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