foxy

  • 11foxy — 1. mod. sexy, especially having to do with a woman. □ Man, isn’t she foxy! □ What a foxy dame! 2. mod. smelly with perspiration odor. □ Somebody in this taxi is a little foxy. □ …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 12foxy — adjective (foxier; est) Date: 1528 1. resembling or suggestive of a fox < a narrow foxy face >: as a. cunningly shrewd b. of a warm reddish brown color < foxy eyebrows > 2. having a sharp brisk flavor < foxy grapes > …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13foxy — [[t]fɒ̱ksi[/t]] foxier, foxiest 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as foxy, you mean that they are deceitful in a clever, secretive way. He had wary, foxy eyes. Syn: crafty 2) ADJ GRADED If a man calls a woman foxy, he means that she is&#8230; …

    English dictionary

  • 14foxy — adjective 1 like a fox 1 (1) in appearance: He was a tall, thin man with a rather foxy face. 2 clever and deceitful: That foxy bastard. How did he get away with it? 3 AmE informal sexually attractive: a foxy lady …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15foxy — UK [ˈfɒksɪ] / US [ˈfɑksɪ] adjective Word forms foxy : adjective foxy comparative foxier superlative foxiest 1) looking or smelling like a fox a man with a thin, foxy face 2) informal sexually attractive 3) good at tricking or cheating people …

    English dictionary

  • 16foxy — foxily, adv. foxiness, n. /fok see/, adj., foxier, foxiest. 1. foxlike; cunning or crafty; slyly clever. 2. yellowish or reddish brown, as of the color of the common red fox. 3. Slang. a. sexually appealing; attractive. b. stylish; mo …

    Universalium

  • 17foxy — fox|y [ˈfɔksi US ˈfa:ksi] adj 1.) informal especially AmE sexually attractive = ↑sexy ▪ a foxy lady 2.) like a ↑fox in appearance ▪ a foxy face 3.) skilful at deceiving people = ↑cunning …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18foxy — adj Sexy, attractive. She is a foxy lady. 1970s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 19foxy — adj attractive in a feral , sexually exciting way. Usually, but not invariably, used of women by men. The word was originally a black Americanism derived from the noun form fox; it is now widely known and used. ► Lookit all these foxy chicks!&#8230; …

    Contemporary slang

  • 20foxy —    American    feeling promiscuous    I am unhappy with the coy SOED definition, feeling attractive :     Over forty and feeling foxy, (on a woman s apron, JFK Airport, 1979) …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms