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coax
1
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koʊks
/
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kohks
]
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verb (used with object)
1.
to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole:
He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
2.
to obtain by coaxing:
We coaxed the secret from him.
3.
to manipulate to a desired end by adroit handling or persistent effort:
He coaxed the large chair through the door.
4.
Obsolete
.
a.
to fondle.
b.
to fool; deceive.
verb (used without object)
5.
to use gentle persuasion.
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Origin:
1580–90;
v. use of
cokes
fool (now obsolete), perhaps variant of
coxcomb
Related forms
coax·er,
noun
coax·ing·ly,
adverb
half-coax·ing,
adjective
half-coax·ing·ly,
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un·coax·ing,
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co·ax
2
/
koʊˈæks, ˈkoʊ
æks
/
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[
koh-
aks
,
koh
-aks
]
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noun
Electricity
.
coaxial cable
.
Origin:
1945–50;
by shortening
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
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World English Dictionary
coax
1
(kəʊks)
—
vb
1.
to seek to manipulate or persuade (someone) by tenderness, flattery, pleading, etc
2.
(
tr
) to obtain by persistent coaxing
3.
(
tr
) to work on or tend (something) carefully and patiently so as to make it function as one desires:
he coaxed the engine into starting
4.
obsolete
(
tr
) to caress
5.
obsolete
(
tr
) to deceive
[C16: verb formed from obsolete noun
cokes
fool, of unknown origin]
'coaxer
1
—
n
'coaxingly
1
—
adv
coax
2
(ˈkəʊæks)
—
n
short for
coaxial cable
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
coax
1580s, originally in slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "a fool, ninny, simpleton;" modern spelling is 1706. Origin obscure, perhaps related to cock.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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FOLDOC
Computing Dictionary
coax definition
coaxial cable
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010
http://foldoc.org
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
coax
coaxial cable
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Example sentences
Yes, a good agent knows how to
coax
and cajole a regretful seller.
There are a few little animals that you can
coax
out of their hiding places,
and each has its own uses.
Coax
spring bulbs to flower indoors during winter.
It all comes flooding back, the hours it would take to
coax
him out of one of
his sulks.
The same approval procedures also apply for multiple-enclosure systems connected by
coax
cable.
Unfortunately, it proved difficult to
coax
the stem cells to become skin cells in the first place.
In that role, he helped
coax
some of the world's biggest technology firms into setting up offices in the city.
We have to take her out and
coax
her into doing her business.
It recognizes parts: it can toss out bad ones and
coax
good ones to their proper places and orientations.
They
coax
her to lie down on a big pad, using her to do their measuring.
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