fox

n 1: alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a

bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

2: a shifty deceptive person [syn: {dodger}, {slyboots}]

3: the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox

4: (1624-1691) English religious leader who founded the Society

of Friends [syn: {Fox}, {George Fox}]

5: a member of an Algonquian people formerly living W of Lake

Michigan along the Fox River [syn: {Fox}]

6: the Algonquian language of the Fox people [syn: {Fox}]

v 1: pull a fast one, play a trick on somebody; "We tricked the

teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next

week" [syn: {trick}, {fob}]

2: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think

clearly: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This

question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled

even the teacher" [syn: {confuse}, {throw}, {befuddle}, {fuddle},

{bedevil}, {confound}, {discombobulate}]

3: become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots