1. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
   "A red fox darted across the road"
    
2. A shifty deceptive person
   "Everyone knew he was a fox and didn't trust his promises";
   - dodger [informal], slyboots [informal]
    
3. The grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
   "She chose a scarf made of silver fox fur"
    
4. [informal] A very attractive or seductive looking woman
   "He couldn't take his eyes off the fox who had just walked into the room";
   - smasher [Brit, informal], stunner [informal], knockout [informal], beauty, ravisher, peach [informal], lulu [informal], looker [informal], mantrap [informal], dish [Brit, informal], patootie [US, informal], hottie [informal], hotty [informal], babe [informal], honey [informal]

1. Deceive somebody
   "The salesman foxed the unsuspecting customer with false promises";
   - flimflam [informal], play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob [archaic], pull a fast one on [informal], play a trick on, hose [N. Amer, informal], pull a fast one [informal], take for a ride [informal], sucker [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
   "These questions fox even the experts";
   - confuse, throw, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate [informal], perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound
    
3. Become discoloured with, or as if with, mildew spots
   "The old book's pages had foxed over the years"

1. A member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
    
2. The Algonquian language of the Fox
   - Fox language
    
3. English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
   - George Fox
    
4. English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)
   - Charles James Fox

Derived forms: foxing, foxes, foxed

Type of: adult female, affect, Algonquian, Algonquian language, Algonquin, bear on, bear upon, canid, canine, cozen [literary], deceive, deceiver, delude, fur, impact, lead on, national leader, pelt, religious person, slicker [informal], spot, statesperson, trickster, woman

Encyclopedia: Fox, Nathan