Word.ws English Dictionary

fox's paw

fox's paw noun: a mistake; a blunder.

Noun

fox's paw

  1. (archaic, slang) A mistake; a blunder.

Origin of fox's paw

Humorous corruption of faux pas.

Questions about fox's paw

What does fox's paw mean?
Fox's paw means a mistake; a blunder.
What part of speech is fox's paw?
Fox's paw is a noun.

Words near fox's paw in the dictionary

  1. fox wedges
  2. fox whelp
  3. fox whistle
  4. fox whistles
  5. fox's foot
  6. fox's paw
  7. fox's sleep
  8. fox's socks
  9. fox's whelp
  10. fox-and-cubs
  11. fox-bat

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fox's paw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “fox's paw.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/fox%27s_paw. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.