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Fox

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confoundverbTo perplex or puzzle.
throwverb(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
tricknounSomething designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
confuseverb(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
fuddlenoun(transitive) To intoxicate.
befuddleverb(transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
slybootsnoun(chiefly British) A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.
bedevilverbTo harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
discombobulateverb(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
dodgernoun(countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
george foxGeorge Fox (July 1624 O.S.Fox in Nickalls, p. 1: "I was born in the month called July in the year 1624".
fobnounA hand-held electronic device that can be used as a remote control or as a key to unlock motor cars, doors, etc., and thus, modern car keys.

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fobnounA hand-held electronic device that can be used as a remote control or as a key to unlock motor cars, doors, etc., and thus, modern car keys.
thrownounThe act of throwing something.
fuddlenounIntoxication.
discombobulateverb(transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
befuddleverb(transitive) To perplex, confuse (someone).
bedevilverbTo harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
confuseverb(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
confoundnoun(statistics) A confounding variable.
slybootsnoun(chiefly British) A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.
dodgernoun(countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
tricknounSomething designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
george foxGeorge Fox (July 1624 O.S.Fox in Nickalls, p. 1: "I was born in the month called July in the year 1624".
zorronounA South American canid of the species Lycalopex culpaeus, visually similar to (and sometimes referred to as) a fox but more closely related to a wolf.
shrewnoun(derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
reynardnoun(literary, poetic) A name in European folklore for the red fox.
pipingnounThe sound of musical pipes.
renardnounA surname.
budnoun(usually uncountable, slang) Potent cannabis taken from the flowering part of the plant (the "bud"), or marijuana generally.
barrelnoun(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
silvernoun(uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.

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