fox

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, from Middle English) derived from the name of the animal.
  2. Proper noun.  (US) Fox Broadcasting Company, a large television network from the USA.
  3. Proper noun.  A given name.
  4. Noun.  (soccer) someone connected with Leicester City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
  5. Noun.  A red fox, small carnivore ((spelink, Vulpes vulpes) ), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
  6. Noun.  Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family ''Canidae'', consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).
  7. Noun.  The fur of a fox or fox fur.
  8. Noun.  A fox terrier.
  9. Noun.  The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, ''Callionymus lyra'', so called from its yellow color.
  10. Noun.  A cunning person.
  11. Noun.  (slang) An attractive man or woman.
  12. Noun.  (nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
  13. Noun.  (mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
  14. Verb.  (transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
  15. Verb.  (transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
  16. Verb.  (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
  17. Verb.  (intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.