Definitions for foxing

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foxing fox·ing

Spelling: [fok-sing]

IPA: /ˈfɒk sɪŋ/

Foxing is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in foxing (fginox).

Definitions for foxing

noun

1. material used to cover the upper portion of a shoe.
2. discoloration, as of book leaves or prints.
3. any of several carnivores of the dog family, especially those of the genus Vulpes, smaller than wolves, having a pointed, slightly upturned muzzle, erect ears, and a long, bushy tail.
4. the fur of this animal.
5. a cunning or crafty person.
6. (initial capital letter) a member of a tribe of North American Algonquian Indians, formerly in Wisconsin, later merged with the Sauk tribe.
7. (initial capital letter) the Algonquian language of the Fox, Sauk, and Kickapoo Indians.
8. Bible. a scavenger, perhaps the jackal. Psalms 63:10; Lam. 5:18.
9. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter F: replaced by Foxtrot.
10. Slang. an attractive young woman or young man.

verb (used with object)

1. to deceive or trick.
2. to repair or make (a shoe) with leather or other material applied so as to cover or form part of the upper front.
3. Obsolete. to intoxicate or befuddle.

verb (used without object)

1. to act cunningly or craftily.
2. (of book leaves, prints, etc.) to become foxed.

Origin of foxing

fox + -ing¹

Examples for foxing

Fox; (verb) to pretend, to feign, to sham: 'he's not sick at all, he's only foxing.'

His strong point was foxing clothes with canvas which he always carried for that purpose.

It is curious that the expression "foxing" is not so suitable to this animal as to many others.

It seemed to him that they were 'foxing Old Bagwigs finely.'

On one particular evening, however, when she made her usual survey of the room, seven of the apparent sleepers were foxing.

By and by he opened his eyes—for he was only foxing—and saw the Partridge sitting on a branch above him.

Even so, I did not dare to move, for fear that he might be foxing.

To-night it wasn't that feeling that made it difficult for me to go on "foxing."

He, however, insisted that the fellow was only "foxing," and so the matter ended.

They were still "foxing," or as my Samoan servant called it, le toga-fiti e mate (pretending to be dead).