kit fox

Save This Word!

noun

either of two small gray foxes, Vulpes macrotis and V. velox, found on plains and in open, sandy areas of western North America, commercially valuable for their fur.

QUIZ

CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?

There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?

Question 1 of 7

Which sentence is correct?

His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of kit fox

1795–1805, Americanism; probably special use of kit³

Words nearby kit fox

Kitemark, kitembilla, kitenge, kitesurfing, kite winder, kit fox, kith, kith and kin, kithara, kithe, Kíthira

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use kit fox in a sentence

Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Weirich said whenever she saw Fox, she was wearing something too tight.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We won the war,” the Fox News personality proclaimed last week.
Why I’m for the War on Christmas|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Presuming his demographic is largely the same as what it was when he was at Fox, they are not wealthy people.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.|Ana Marie Cox|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

This at-home blood test kit gives a full reading of antioxidant, fatty acid, or vitamin panels.
Nothing Says I Love You Like Data|The Daily Beast|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is an odd triangular-shaped hill that rises on one side very boldly and abruptly, called the Fox's Head.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Before I set about it I wish to see you and Mr. Fox, and will call any day you may appoint.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The revenue fox such a civil list would naturally be raised in America.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker
The town lives in these days solely upon agriculture, and the needs of neighbouring fox-hunters.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
Thereupon the fisherman rushed to save his cloak, and the fox bolted out at the unguarded door.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison

British Dictionary definitions for kit fox

kit fox

noun

another name for swift fox

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012