Definitions for foxy

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foxy fox·y

Spelling: [fok-see]

IPA: /ˈfɒk si/

Foxy is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in foxy (foxy).

Definitions for foxy

adjective

1. foxlike; cunning or crafty; slyly clever.
2. yellowish or reddish brown, as of the color of the common red fox.
3. Slang. sexually appealing; attractive. stylish; modish: exciting and appealing, as a place, entertainment, or the like.
4. discolored or foxed:
5. (of a wine) having the pronounced flavor natural to native American grape varieties, as that of fox grapes or of Concord or Catawba grapes.
6. (especially of a painting) having excessively warm tones; containing too much red.

Origin of foxy

1520-30; 1960-65 for def 3; fox + -y¹

Examples for foxy

An adult-entertainment company wants foxy Knoxy to take a paltry sum of money to extend her 15 minutes of infamy.

He was smooth-shaved, and there was a cunning, foxy look about his face.

I could see he was itching to let me have it, but he was too foxy to show it.

He was too foxy to shout until his purpose was beyond all possibility of failure.

Winston Ross and Barbie Latza Nadeau on foxy Knoxy's next act.

Vines that grow native in America (vitis labrusca, among others) are known for “foxy” or musky aromas and flavors.

Pig [growling sotto voce behind his hand, mock-furtive as a Disneyland foxy Loxy]: Take 35 percent off the top and split!

As he came up his foxy eyes were alight with what he intended for a grin of amiability.

He carried his head low, and he seemed to be playing no foxy tricks.

According to one report, the foxy feminist supports a Facebook group called “Men Should Wear the Veil.”