fox

1 noun

1 (C) a wild animal like a dog with reddish-brown fur, a pointed face, and a thick tail

2 (C) informal someone who is clever and deceitful: He was a sly old fox.

3 (U) the skin and fur of a fox, used to make clothes

4 (C) AmE informal someone who is sexually attractive: She's such a fox!

2 verb (T)

1 BrE informal to be too difficult for someone to do or understand: Those childproof containers always fox me.

2 especially BrE to confuse or deceive someone in a clever way