Outfox

  

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Outfox

Definitions: Outfox

Outfox

Verb

1. Outdo someone in trickery.

2. Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Outfox

Synonyms: beat (v), circumvent (v), outsmart (v), outwit (v), overreach (v). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Outfox

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Books

  • Becoming a Catechist: Ways to Outfox Teenage Skepticism (reference)

  • How to Outfox the Bears: Beating the Radar Speed Trap (reference)

  • How to Outfox the Foxes (reference)

  • Rampaging Bulls: Outfox Promoters at Their Own Game on Any Penny Stock (reference)

  • The Spy Code Handbook: How to Make Code and Cipher Machines to Outfox Your Enemies (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Outfox

Language Translations for "outfox"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ua hedh. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

надхитрям (cheat, circumvent, outflank, outmaneuver, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pip). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

کلاه سرکسی گذاشتن , زرنگ تربودن , درحقه بازی وپشت هم اندازی جلوتربودن . (various references)

   

German

  

überlisten (dupe, outflank, outsmart, outwit, to outfox, to outsmart, to outwit, trick). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

túljár az eszén (outflank, out-jockey, outmaneuver, to circumvent, to encompass, to outmanoeuvre, to outsmart). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menipu (cheat, cozen, deceive, deceptive, defraud, delude, double-cross, dupe, hoodwink). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

outfoxay

   

Portuguese

  

voar mais rápido que, procurar cativar (outflank), flanquear (flanker, outflank). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

перехитрить (circumvent, double-cross, outflank, outguess, out-jockey, outmaneuver, outsmart, outwit, overreach). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nadmudriti (circumvent, dish, outmaneuver, outsmart, outwit). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ser más listo que (outsmart, outwit). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

överlista (circumvent, euchre, outflank, outjockey, out-jockey, outsmart, outwit). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

перехитрувати (outflank, outguess). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Outfox

Derivations

Words beginning with "outfox": outfoxed, outfoxes, outfoxing. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Outfox" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Oftfor, outioi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Outfox"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "outfox" (pronounced outfÄ"ks)
4-f Ä" k sFox.
3-Ä" k sblocks, blocs, box, clocks, cocks, Cox, docks, flocks, frocks, Jocks, knocks, locks, Lox, macaques, mocks, ox, pocks, pox, rocks, shocks, socks, sox, stocks, vox.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Outfox

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-o-o-t-u-x"

-2 letters: foot, tofu.

-3 letters: fou, fox, oft, oot, out, oxo, too, tux.

-4 letters: of, ox, to, ut, xu.

 Words containing the letters "f-o-o-t-u-x"
 

+2 letters: outfoxed, outfoxes.

 

+3 letters: outfoxing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Outfox


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 75 74 66 6F 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

---    ..-    -    ..-.    ---    -..-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01110101 01110100 01100110 01101111 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#117 &#116 &#102 &#111 &#120

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0075 0074 0066 006F 0078

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

498786728190

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Outfox"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albaner, albán, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, албанський, албанка, албанець

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, български, български език, българин, bulgare, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, болгарський

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzunggjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, deutsch, Deutsche, német, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, німкеня, німецький, німець

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Ungar, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Indonesian

indonezian, индонезийски език, индонезийски, Indonesier, indonéz, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiesisch, portugál, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, испански език, испански, spanisch, spanyol, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningsuedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, schwedisch, svéd, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський

Ukranian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, englisch, angol, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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