noun
- Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs.
- A shifty deceptive person.
- The grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox.
- English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806.
- synonyms: Charles James Fox
- English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691.
- synonyms: George Fox
- A member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River.
- The Algonquian language of the Fox.
verb
- Deceive somebody.
- usage: "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
- synonyms: flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
- Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.
- usage: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
- Become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots. .
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