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fox
fox is a 3-letter English word with 21 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 21 senses
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- 1noun
A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.
- 2noun
The European dragonet.
- 3noun
The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.
- 4noun
A sly, cunning fellow.
- 5noun
Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.
- 6noun
A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
- 7noun
A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies.
- 8noun
To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
- 9noun
To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
- 10noun
To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
- 11intransitive verb
To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
- 12noun
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
- 13noun
the Algonquian language of the Fox
- 14noun
a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River
- 15noun
a shifty deceptive person
- 16noun
English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
- 17noun
English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)
- 18noun
the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
- 19verb
become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
- 20verb
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
"These questions confuse even the experts"
"This question completely threw me"
- 21verb
deceive somebody
"We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
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