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   Fox

   /fäks/

   

   noun

   • 1. a carnivorous mammal of the dog family with a pointed muzzle and bushy tail, proverbial for its cunning.
   • ▪ the fur of a fox.
   • 2. a cunning or sly person: "a wily old fox"
   • 3. a sexually attractive woman. informal North American

   verb

   • 1. baffle or deceive (someone): informal "the bad light and dark shadows foxed him"
   • ▪ behave in a cunning or sly way. dated
   • 2. repair (a boot or shoe) by renewing the upper leather.
   • ▪ ornament (the upper of a boot or shoe) with a strip of leather.

   Word Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vos and German Fuchs.

   Derivatives

   • 1. foxlike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • F

     4

   • O

     1

   • X

     8

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